Mutsu Apple (4-6′)

Fall-Winter. Golden Delicious × Indo. Aomori Apple Exp Stn, Japan. Introduced commercially in the U.S. in 1948.

High-quality large fruit for fresh eating and cooking keeps till March. Yellowish-white flesh is mildly subacid and very flavorful with notes of honey. Smooth green to golden-yellow skin is blushed orange and sprinkled with dots. Looks like an oversized Golden Delicious.

Large vigorous tree is an annual bearer. Named after Mutsu Bay, an important scallop fishery in Northern Japan. Triploid: will not pollinate other apples. Midseason blooms. Climate Zone 4.

TFG apples are on standard full-sized Antonovka rootstock. Standard trees have deep, substantial—and therefore hardier— root systems. By selecting the varieties appropriate to your district, grafted on standard rootstock, you may well be planting a tree that will be picked by your grandchildren’s grandchildren. Standard trees will grow to be large, but you can manage the size with pruning. Although standard-sized apple trees may be planted as close as 10–15′ apart, they were typically planted 30′ apart in 19th-c. orchards. 

(Thanks to Fedco for variety descriptions.)

For pollination timing of Mutsu, see Online pollination checker for fruit trees.

Volume discounts: 1-9 trees for $48. 10-99 trees for $24. 100+ trees for $17.

Shipping: We will ship trees in March unless otherwise requested.