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Potted Hokuto Apple

Available only for pick-up at nursery.

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

$75.00 $45.00
Rootstock:
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Fruit Traits:

Recommended Use: Fresh eating

Fruit Size: Large

Storage: Keeps until April when stored in cool, humid conditions

Harvest: October - Mid

Tree Traits:

Canadian Hardiness Zone: 4

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: Unknown, possibly early

Pollination Requirements: Triploid, requires two pollinators of different non-triploid apple varieties that bloom around the same time

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

General Growth Habit: Susceptible to moldy core and water core while in storage

Reminder: Potted plants are available for pick-up only!

Potted plants vary in size and age, but we typically pot berries and smaller seedlings in 1-3 gal pots and larger grafted trees in 5-16 gal pots.

  • 1g pots - 1-3ft tall
  • 2g or 3g pots - 1.5-3ft tall
  • 5g pots - 3-7ft tall
  • 8g pots - 4-7ft tall
  • 16g pots - 6-8ft tall
Potted Hokuto Apple

Potted Hokuto Apple

$75.00 $45.00
$75.00 $45.00

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