
Cricket Hill Garden
Apple, 'Mutsu'
Malus domestica 'Mutsu'
Variety description: This cultivar is the result of a cross between 'Golden Delicious' and the Japanese variety 'Indo'. Very large round fruit. Mild sub-acid flavor, excellent dessert apple. Vigorous growth habit. Triploid, requires a pollinator. Ripens in late September or early October.
Grafted onto semi-dwarf M106 rootstock. Trees grow to 60% of standard or about 10-16' at maturity.
Site requirements: Full sun location. Apples will grow in a range of soil types provided the planting location is well drained. Soil pH of 6.5 is ideal.
Hardiness: USDA zones 5-9.
Plant size: Grafted tree, 3 ft. tall with strong central leader. .
When we ship: FALL 2022
Shipping restrictions: Cannot ship to Canada.