An attractive, highly disease-resistant apple, ideal for organic growers.
Shizuka Apple on G.214 (Spring 2024)
A highly flavored dessert apple that stores well, sister of Mutsu.
This high-vigor tree is, like Mutsu, a triploid, and two diploid pollenizers should be present for full fertility. Shizuka is moderately susceptible to fireblight, scab, and cedar-apple rust, but it is resistant to powdery mildew. It will be of interest to commercial growers that unlike Mutsu, Shizuka is not subject to blister spot. Fruit should be thinned to maintain annual bearing.
Shizuka is a large yellow apple, blushed red-orange, and somewhat elongated. The flesh is finely textured, slightly soft, and yellowish. Sweeter than Mutsu, the flavor is subacid and complex with tropical notes. The flesh is slow to brown after slicing and fruit will store well for up to three months.
Bred at the Aomori Research Station in Japan, this apple is a cross of Golden Delicious and Indo, the same parents that created Mutsu. It was developed by T. Murakami and released in America in 1979.
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The Fruit
Fruit Type
Category: Apple
Subcategory:
Cold-Hardy, Hot-Climate
Fruit Uses & Storage
Uses: fresh eating, storage
Storage duration: three plus months (approximate, depending on storage conditions)
Fruit Appearance
Skin color: yellow
Flesh color: off-white
Fruit Origins
Parentage: Golden Delicious x Indo
Origin: Japan
Introduced in: 1949
Introduced by: T. Murakami, Aomori Research Station
The Environment
Calendar & Geography
USDA zones: 4 - 8
Chill hours: Not yet determined
Ripening date: Oct 20 (approximate, in New York State) + 35 days after McIntosh
Tree Height & Spacing
glossary
Rootstock: G.214 Rootstock
Rootstock size class: Dwarf (30% of Standard)
Tree spacing (natural spread of tree): 8'
Good for wildlife planting? N
Diseases & Pests
glossary
Fireblight: Susceptible
Powdery Mildew: Resistant
Cedar-Apple Rust: Susceptible
Apple Scab: Susceptible
Apple Blister Spot: Resistant
Pollination
Pollination Factors
glossary
Bloom group: 3
Is it self-fertile? N
Is it fertile? N
Ploidy: Triploid
Rootstock size class:
Dwarf (30% of Standard)
Pollination Partners
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