Mutsu
syn. Crispin
Culinary / Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Triploid. Raised in Japan in 1930 and first fruited in 1939. It was named 'Mutsu' in 1948 but renamed 'Crispin' in the UK for commercial reasons in 1968. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, juicy flesh which is a little sweet, somewhat acid with a refreshing, and pleasant flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 6th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 17th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary / Dessert
- Shape
- Truncate conical
- Width
- 70.00 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 70.00 mm
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Over colour
- Brown
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Green
Source · National Fruit Collection
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