Peachvariety
Natsuotome
Also known as なつおとめ +1
なつおとめ · モモ筑波111号
Natsuotome traces to a 1984 Akatsuki × Yoshihime cross. The seedling first fruited in 1987, was selected in 1990 and joined adaptation trials in 1992. Its white flesh is firm and melting, with a clingstone pit and little acidity. It received Norin recognition in 1999 and variety registration in 2002.
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Taste & texture
- Firmness
- firm
- Flesh type
- Softens rapidly as it ripens
- Flavour
- high sweetness and low acidity
How to spot it
- Flesh
- white
Origin & family
Where Natsuotome began
Recorded origin
Japan
- Institution
- Fruit Tree Research Institute / Fruit Tree Experiment Station (NARO predecessor institutions)
Natsuotome’s family
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Natsuotome
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Field notes
Original source notes
- weight
- 250–330 g · Japan · NARO national cultivar description; individual trial site/year not specified for these generic trait values.naro.go.jp ↗
- flesh colour
- white · Japan · NARO national cultivar description; individual trial site/year not specified for these generic trait values.naro.go.jp ↗
- texture
- melting, firm · Japan · NARO national cultivar description; individual trial site/year not specified for these generic trait values.naro.go.jp ↗
- acidity
- low · Japan · NARO national cultivar description; individual trial site/year not specified for these generic trait values.naro.go.jp ↗
- shape
- round, flat · Japan · NARO national cultivar description; individual trial site/year not specified for these generic trait values.naro.go.jp ↗
variety observations
- traits
- taste
- high sweetness and low acidity
- flesh colour
- white
- flesh texture
- firm and melting
- stone adhesion
- clingstone
- source url
- www.naro.go.jp ↗
- observation scope
- official cultivar description not universal composition or consumer tasting