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Shizuka
type: Dessert, Eating
identification: Large to very large size, round conic. Thin, greenish-yellow skin, often blushed reddish-orange.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish and fine-grained, becoming soft. Very juicy and sweet with just a hint of acidity. Turn slightly brown when exposed to air.
origins: One of the apples in the NE-183 series Golden Delicious X Indo , Tsuneo Murakami in Aomori prefecture Japan in 1969. Released in 1986
cold storage: Keeps for up to four months.
vulnerabilities: Moderately susceptible to brown rot. Skin is prone to splitting.
harvest: In the middle of the fifth period.
notes: Remarkably similar to Mutsu in size and appearance, but sweeter and less prone to blister spot. The flesh is also softer.
ploidism: Triploid. Produces no valid pollen for itself or other apple trees.
cold storage weeks: 16
harvest period: 5
hardiness: 4
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