Kogetsu

NOT IN STOCK at the moment.

Good Apple Info Snapshot:

We’ve been intrigued by Kogetsu. We were on the fence because we suspect it lacks good disease resistance and while the trees haven’t done anything impressive for us, we call the Kogetsu the “the litter tree that keeps going.”

Unfortunately we don’t have space to grow ever variety. That said, we were planning to put a Kogetsu in our orchard. We only choose to pull it last minute because the space we had available didn’t work for the bloom period. When we expand our orchard space, we’ll definitely put Kogetsu in the ground.

Good Apple Info Difficulty Rating:

No info. Suspect Medium due to heritage.

Tree Habit:

No info.

Apple Color:

Red and faintly striped.

Size:

Large roundish apple.

Flavor:

sweet – flesh is creamy white, crip, with excellent flavor and a good balance of sugar to acid.

Bloom:

Midseason

Ripe:

Late September

History:

Developed by the Aomori Apple Experiment Station in Aomori (Japan) 1961 by crossing Golden Delicious with pollen from Jonathan . Released in 1981. Culturally, the Japanese typically prefer very sweet apples.

Storage:

Good, 3 months.

Uses:

fresh eating.