Silver Creek Nursery Ltd.

Miki Life Apple Bareroot

History: Miki* Life was bred in Hirosaki City, Japan in 1981 by Seiichi Kudo and patented in 1996. It is a cross between two popular Japanese varieties: Tsugaru and Senshu.

    *without knowing how the name is written in Japanese, it is difficult to say what 'miki' translates to but it could be 'beautiful tree'

    Why We Grow It: Like many other Japanese varieties, Miki Life is a lovely red apple that is all sweetness with no acidity. These juicy apples can also be used to help bulk up cider and add alcohol by adding more sugars.

    $56.50

    Rootstock
    Size

    15 in stock

    Fruit Traits:

    Recommended Use: Fresh eating, cider

    Fruit Size: Small

    Storage: Keeps about a month when stored in cool, humid conditions

    Harvest: September - Late

    Cider Class (if applicable):

    Class: Sweet
    Sugar: High
    Acidity: Low, TA <4.5g/L
    Tannins: Low to medium, <2g/L
    Juice Yield: Likely high
    Recommendations: Use Miki Life to add bulk and alcohol to ciders

    Tree Traits:

    Canadian Hardiness Zone: 5

    Soil Preferance: Sandy loam, loam, clay loam. Prefers average to moist conditions, avoid planting anywhere that floods for more than two weeks in the spring. Generally quite adaptable to different soil conditions.

    Flowering Time: Middle

    Bloom Colour: White

    Pollination Requirements: Requires a pollinator of a different apple variety that blooms around the same time

    Sun/Shade Requirements: Full sun (approx. 8-10 hours of sun daily)

    General Growth Habit: Vigorous and precocious, spreading growth habit. Resistant to powdery mildew. Good producer in the test orchard.

    Overall Disease Resistance Rating*: High

    *this rating is combined with our experience growing in our test orchards combined with already available information on the cultivar.

    Shipping: Every year we ship thousands of plants across Canada. We carefully bag roots in damp sawdust, then box them and send them out via courier. CLICK HERE to see our shipping policy.

    Pick-up: We also have thousands of trees picked up from our nursery each year. The pick-up options is free, though you must wait until you have been emailed a confirmation that your order is ready to pick up, which will have further information such as hours, locations, etc.

    We have simplified our crop inventory for grafted fruit trees into two sizes:

    1m+ Grade: this often has some feathering, and is measured including the rootstock.

    50-80cm Grade: this is like a 'b-grade' tree, sometimes with minor scaring or bent, these trees are priced accordingly.

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