Silver Creek Nursery Ltd.
Hokuto Apple
Hokuto Apple
History: Hokuto*, aka Northern Star, was bred as a cross between Fuji and Mutsu at the Aomori Apple Experiment Station in Japan in 1970 and introduced in 1983. This variety's main claim to fame is the immense size of the fruit. In 2005, a Hokuto apple set the Guinness World Record for heaviest apple weighing in at over four pounds!
*The variety name may come from 'hokuto,' the Japanese word for the Big Dipper constellation which is also known as the Seven Stars of the Northern Dipper in parts of Asia. This may have led to its English name 'Northern Star.'
Why We Grow It: Aside from its impressively large fruit, this apple boasts cheery red skin and, like many Japanese varieties, it is very sweet and makes an excellent quality dessert apple.
Photo Credit: https://www.tasteatlas.com/hokuto-apples
Fruit Specs
Fruit Specs
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Harvest: October - Mid
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Growing Specs
Growing Specs
Canadian Hardiness Zone: 4
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Flowering Time: Unknown, possibly early
Bloom Colour: White
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General Disease Resistance Rating: Unknown. This is a combined rating of how the cultivar produces and grows in our test orchard, along with the cultivar's known disease resistences/susceptibilities. Remember, just because a variety is susceptable to something does not mean it will get it. The microclimate, pests and disease present within your orchard/area will differ from ours too, creating a unique growing condition that may or may not induce certain pests or diseases.
Shipping vs. Pick Up
Shipping vs. Pick Up
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Shipping: Every year we ship thousands of trees across Canada (except BC due to CFIA regulations). We carefully bag roots in damp sawdust, then box them and send them out via courrier. 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 really appreciate if you can make an appointment to pick up, then we can be as organized as possible during our busy season.
Size at Purchase
Size at Purchase
Our grafted fruit trees are graded into three categories, and the size includes the rootstock:
- 50-80cm whip: may have some minor branching, this grade is like a "b-grade" size tree in industry standards; we include in this price category trees that are over 1m but have some scarring or mild crookedness.
- 1m+ whip: may have some minor branching, aka feathering. This is like a typical one-year whip in industry standards.
- 1m+ branched: these trees must be over a meter and have 3 or more branches 30cm or longer, as well as a central leader. They are essentially a two-year tree in industry standards.
- For stone fruits only - 1m+ whip/branched: We have combined these grades based on the way these trees grow and are grafted. Plums, apricots, cherries, and peaches naturally tend to grow more vigorously compared to apples and are more likely to form larger trees with more branches. However, we only chip bud them so they are a one-year old tree by industry standards. Apples and pears are partially bench grafted, and using the knip-boom method the grading becomes more complicated, hence the reason they are split into different grades.
Orders that are cancelled last minute due to size (being "to small"), will still incur the applicable cancellation fees if the trees are true to our grading standards as per the agreement of sale when the order was placed.
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