Mutsu apple trees

(Crispin)

Malus domestica

Mutsu is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators

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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.

Mutsu organic apple trees - graft to order

1 yeartree on MM111 rootstock26.50€
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 periodmid-October
Picking seasonLate
Season of use3 months or more
Food usesEating freshCulinaryJuiceDual purpose
USDA cold hardyZone 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
Flower colourWhite
Fruit colourGreen