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Apple tree ‘Kotaro’

Assignee: NAT INST OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCEPriority: Apr 8, 1998Filed: Mar 18, 1999Granted: Feb 26, 2002

Est. expiryApr 8, 2018(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority

Inventors:YOSHIDA YOSHIO TSUCHIYA SHICHIRO SOEJIMA JUNICHI HANIUDA TADAYUKI SANADA TETSURO KASHIMURA YOSHIKI MASUDA TETSUO BESSHO HIDEO KOMORI SADAO ITO YUJI ABE KAZUYUKI KOTODA NOBUHIRO KATO HIDENORI

A01H 5/08A01H 6/7418

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Disclosed is an apple tree having a strong vigor, rounded and serrate leaves, exhibiting excellent resistance to Alternaria blotch, bearing a medium size fruit maturing mid-season and having high productivity with little early fruit drop and preharvest fruit drop. The fruit has a rounded shape with good appearance, having solid, deep red colored skin and having relatively good storage quality, which is slightly inferior to the seed parent. The flesh of the fruit is yellowish white, juicy and firm, and further, has a moderate sweetness, weak sourness and an aroma, thereby providing a good sweet-sour balance, and an excellent eating quality.

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       1. A new and distinct cultivar of Apple tree, as illustrated and described.

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