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Mutsu apple trees

(Crispin)
Malus domestica
Mutsu (Crispin)
Mutsu is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators
  • Picking season: Late
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3

Mutsu is an unusually versatile apple. Its large size and juicy acidity make it an excellent apple for the kitchen. Slices keep their shape when baked, but it can also be cooked for apple sauce, and slices can be dried too.

Its Golden Delicious parentage also lends it an excellent sweet flavor for eating fresh, particularly if you like sharper apples. In a good year from a good tree, Mutsu's crisp sharp-sweet flavour can be very good indeed.

There are many good dual-purpose apples but most of them are better at cooking than for eating fresh or vice versa. Mutsu is equally good in both roles.

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Mutsu organic apple trees - graft to order

  • 1 yeartree on MM111 rootstock23.25€
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years) Bare-root
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Mutsu characteristics

  • Gardening skillAverage
  • Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
  • Flowering group3
  • Disease resistancePoor
  • Picking seasonLate
  • Season of use3 months or more
  • Food usesEating freshCulinaryJuiceDual purpose
  • Cold hardiness (USDA)Zone 5 (-29C)
  • Summer average maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)Hot (>30C / 86F)
  • Chill requirementLow-chill - 600 hours
  • Country of originJapan
  • Period of origin1900 - 1949
  • Fruit colourGreen

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  • See also Cabarette
    Cabarette
    A traditional very-late season dessert apple, found in northern France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
  • See also Cox's Orange Pippin
    Cox's Orange Pippin
    Cox is widely acknowledged as having the best flavour of any apple variety.
  • See also GoldRush
    GoldRush
    A modern disease-resistant apple, like Golden Delicious but with a better tart/sweet balance. Good for eating fresh and juicing / cider.
  • See also Jonagold
    Jonagold
    Jonagold is a high quality American apple, with a good balanced sweet/sharp flavour.

This variety description was researched and written by Orange Pippin staff. Last checked: 2024.