USPP32159P3

USPP32159P3 - Apple tree named ‘TAKANO 7GO’

Info

Publication number: USPP32159P3
Application number: US15/932,601
Authority: US
Inventors: Takao Takano
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2017-11-11
Filing date: 2018-03-23
Publication date: 2020-09-08
Anticipated expiration: 2038-03-23
Also published as: US20200196501P9; US20190150337P1

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of apple tree named ‘TAKANO 7GO’ having a longer common storage duration of about one month even at an average temperature of about 20-25° C., balanced sweetness and acidity of the fruit, higher firmness of the flesh, and earlier harvest time (for example, from late August to early September in Japan).

Description

The botanical name of the novel apple tree variety is Malus Mill.

The novel variety of the Malus Mill is hereinafter referred to by the variety denomination: ‘TAKANO 7GO’.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Japanese Variety Registration Application No. 32562 filed Nov. 1, 2017, which is incorporated by reference herein as if set forth in its entirety.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of apple tree botanically classified as Malus Mill. and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘TAKANO 7GO’.

The new variety is a product of a planned breeding program conducted during a period from May 2006 to September 2017 by the inventor, Oshu-shi, Iwate, Japan, in which the Malus Mill. variety ‘Shinano Gold’ (female parent; Japanese Variety Registration No. 7328, registered Aug. 11, 1999) was crossed with the Malus Mill. variety ‘TAKANO 1GO’ (male parent) which is also known as the name ‘Beni Roman’ (Japanese Registered Trademark No. 5128504, registered Apr. 11, 2008) in Japan. The objective of the breeding program was to create new apple trees that produce fruits having long common storage duration and firm flesh, different from those of the parents and known similar varieties.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The new and distinct variety ‘TAKANO 7GO’ has a longer common storage duration of about one month even at an average temperature of about 20-25° C., balanced sweetness (about 14.5-15 (Brix %)) and acidity (about 0.33 g/100 ml) of the fruit, higher firmness of the flesh (about 15.3 lbs.), and earlier harvest time (for example, late August to early September in Japan), and, as described below, is distinct from: the known variety ‘Shinano Gold’ (female parent) that was produced by crossing the Malus Mill variety ‘Golden Delicious’ which is a classic American apple variety and is also well known in Japan with the known variety ‘Senshu’ (Japanese Variety Registration No. 42, registered Mar. 31, 1980), the known Malus Mill. variety ‘TAKANO 1GO’ (male parent, Japanese Variety Registration No. 20599, registered Mar. 15, 2011) that was produced by crossing the known Malus Mill variety ‘Shinano Red’ (Japanese Variety Registration No. 5867, registered Dec. 5, 1997) with the known Malus Mill. variety ‘Sansa’ (Japanese Variety Registration No. 1565, registered Mar. 5, 1988); and the Malus Mill. variety ‘Tsugaru’ well known in Japan.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying colored photographs (FIGS. 1-6) show typical flower, fruit, and leaf characteristics for the new Malus Mill. apple tree variety, ‘TAKANO 7GO’. Colors shown are as accurate as can be reasonably reproduced by photographic means. In some cases, the color might differ slightly from the colors of ‘RYOKU NH-13’ described herein.

FIG. 1 shows a tree (about 9 years old) of ‘TAKANO 7GO’ in bloom.

FIG. 2 shows a close-up view of the flowers of ‘TAKANO 7GO’.

FIG. 3 shows petals, pistil, stamens and sepal of the flower of ‘TAKANO 7GO’.

FIG. 4 shows a tree, fruits, and leaves of ‘TAKANO 7GO’.

FIG. 5 shows the shape and diameter of the whole fruit of ‘TAKANO 7GO’.

FIG. 6 shows a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the fruit of ‘TAKANO 7GO’.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

The new variety ‘TAKANO 7GO’ has characteristics as described below, compared with the parent varieties and similar varieties. (see TABLEs 1, 2 and 3).

TABLE 1

Partial characteristics of ‘TAKANO 7GO’

	Characteristic	State

	Tree: type	ramified
	Tree: habit	spreading
	Fruit: height	medium, about 8
		cm on average
	Fruit: general shape	ovoid
	Fruit: relative area of overcolor	very large
	Fruit: hue of overcolor, with bloom	orange red (RHS,
	removed	approximately
		N34A)
	Fruit: intensity of stripes of overcolor	weak
	Fruit: color of flesh	yellow white (RHS,
		approximately
		158D)
	Time of beginning of flowering	medium
	Time of harvest	early

The variety ‘Shinano Gold’, a female parent, has the characteristics of that the skin color is yellow (RHS Yellow Group approximately 6C) when harvested, the sweetness of flesh is high (about 15.3 (Brix %)), the acidity of flesh is medium (about 0.45.g/100 ml), the firmness or food texture (i.e., mouthfeel) of flesh is firm (about 15.5 lbs.), and the time of harvest is late, specifically late October in Iwate, Japan.

The variety ‘TAKANO 1GO’, a male parent, has the characteristics that the skin color is red (RHS Red Group approximately 46B) when harvested, the color of flesh is yellow white (RHS Yellow-White Group approximately 158D), the acidity of flesh is about 0.50 g/100 ml, the firmness of flesh is about 16.0 lbs., the time of harvest is very early, specifically mid of August at Iwate, Japan, and the common storage duration is short (about 4-10 days in August at Iwate, Japan).

On the other hand, the new and distinct variety ‘TAKANO 7GO’ has the characteristics described in TABLE 1 above and TABLEs 2 and 3 below, especially that the time of harvest is from late August to early September at Iwate, Japan and the common storage duration is long (about one month even in the period late August to early September at Iwate, Japan (average temperature about 20-25° C.)) substantially without making the flesh soft and thus very superior to any known variety produced in Japan (normally up to about 10 days), that the skin color of the fruit is orange red (RHS Orange-Red Group approximately N34A) when harvested, and the color of the flesh is yellow white (RHS Yellow-White Group approximately 158D) and the firmness of the flesh is firm (about 15.3 lbs.), and that the sweetness of the fruit is about 14.5-15 (Brix %) and is higher than the sweetness of known fruits like ‘Beni Roman’ (i.e. the variety ‘TAKANO 1GO’) (about 13 (Brix %) and ‘Sansa’ (about 13-14 (Brix %)), and the acidity of the flesh is medium (about 0.33 g/100 ml), while having balanced sweetness and acidity and higher firmness of the flesh. Furthermore, in the new and distinct variety ‘TAKANO 7GO’, the leaves are arranged alternatively on the stem with one leaf per node in a straight line.

TABLE 2

Comparison of characteristics between the new variety
and similar varieties

Varieties

		Sansa (not	Tsugaru (not
Characteristic	TAKANO 7GO	patented)*¹	patented)*¹⁾

Stripes of overcolor	weak	absent	—
Duration of common	long,	slightly short,	slightly short,
storage	about 1 month	10 days or less	10 days or
(at about 20-25° C.)			less
Fruit firmness of	firm,	slightly firm,	soft,
flesh	about 15.3-16.0	about 13.8 lbs	about 13.0 lbs
	lbs.

*¹⁾‘Sansa’ and ‘Tsugaru’ are similar to ‘TAKANO 7GO’ in their harvest time.

The following detailed botanical description of ‘TAKANO 7GO’ apple tree is based an survey (or observations) made during the period between August 2013 and September 2017 at Oshu-shi, Iwate, Japan. All colors are described according to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart. It should be understood that the characteristics described will vary somewhat depending upon cultural practices and climate conditions and will also vary depending upon location and season. Quantified measurements are generally expressed as an average of measurements taken from individual trees of ‘TAKANO 7GO’ unless otherwise noted; however, the measurements of any individual plant or any group of plants of ‘TAKANO 7GO’ may vary from the stated average.

Classification:
- - Botanical.—Malus Mill.
Parentage:
- - Female parent.—Malus Mill. variety ‘Shinano Gold’ (Japanese Variety Registration No. 7328, registered Aug. 11, 1999).
  - Male parent.—Malus Mill. variety ‘TAKANO 1GO’ (male parent; Japanese Variety Registration No. 20599, registered Mar. 15, 2011).
Propagation: Typically by grafting on JM1 (Japanese Variety Registration No. 7443, registered Sep. 21, 1999) rootstock; and the good time of grafting is a period of mid to late March at Iwate, Japan.
Flowering-beginning time: Typically early May at Iwate, Japan.
Harvest time: Typically a period between late August and early September at Iwate, Japan.
Plant description: See TABLE 3 below indicating characteristics of ‘TAKANO 7GO’ compared with the similar variety ‘Sansa’ (Japanese Variety Registration No. 1565, registered Mar. 5, 1988).

TABLE 3

Characteristics of ‘TAKANO 7GO’ compared with ‘Sansa’

	‘TAKANO
Characteristic	7GO’	‘Sansa’

Tree: vigor	medium	medium
Tree: type	ramified	ramified
Only varieties with	spreading	spreading
ramified tree type: Tree:
habit
Tree: type of bearing	on spurs and long	on spurs and long
One-year-old shoot:	medium, about 4.5 mm	medium, about 4.5
thickness		mm
One-year-old shoot:	short, about 2.7 cm	medium, about 3.3
length of internode		cm
One-year-old shoot:	moderate brown (RHS	light brown (RHS
color on sunny side	Brown Group 200C)	Grey-Brown Group
		N199C)
One-year-old shoot:	densely pubescent	medium
pubescence (on distal
half of shoot)
One-year-old shoot:	many	medium
number of lenticels	(the number of lenticels,
	not determined.)
Leaf blade: attitude in	upwards	upwards
relation to shoot
Leaf blade: length	medium, about 9.5 cm	medium, about
		9.8 cm
Leaf blade: width	narrow, about 5.8 cm	narrow, about 5.9 cm
Leaf blade: ratio	large, about 1.63	large, about 1.66
length/width
Leaf blade: intensity of	medium	medium
green color
Leaf blade: incisions of	serrate type 1	bicrenate
margin (upper half)
Leaf blade: pubescence	densely pubescent	medium
on lower side
Leaf blade: pubescence	absent	—
on upper side
Petiole: length	medium, about 2.8 cm	long, >2.8 cm
Petiole: color	RHS Yellow-Green	—
	Group146C
Petiole: diameter	about 2 mm on average	—
Petiole: extent of	medium	medium
anthocyanin coloration
from base
Flower: predominant	strong pink (RHS Red	light pink (RHS Red
color at balloon stage	Group 50C)	Group 50D)
Flower: diameter with	medium, about 5.5 cm	medium, about 5.8
petals pressed into	on average	cm on average
horizontal position
Flower: arrangement of	moderately	moderately
petals	overlapping	overlapping
Flower: petal length	about 2.5-3.0 cm on	—
	average
Flower: petal width	about 1.7-2.1 cm on	—
	average
Flower: petal color on	predominantly White	—
the upper side	Group RHS N155B to
	N155D and partly Red-
	Purple Group RHS 65B
	to 65C
Flower: petal color on	predominantly RHS	—
the lower side	White Group N155B to
	N155D and partly Red-
	Purple Group RHS
	N74B to N74C
Flower: shape of petal	rounded	—
apex
Flower: shape of petal	rounded	—
base
Flower: petal texture	soft and fragile	—
Flower: the average	5	5
number of petals
Flower: length of flower	about 1.5 cm on average	—
buds
Flower: diameter of	about 1.3 cm on average	—
flower buds
Flower: color of flower	RHS Red-Purple Group	—
buds	63A to 63B
Flower: position of	same level	same level
stigmas relative to
anthers
Flower: fertility	cross-pollination	cross-pollination
Anthers: color	RHS Yellow Group 10A	—
Filaments: length	about 8-12 mm	—
Filaments: color	Blue-Green RHS 115A	—
	to 115B
Pistil: number	one (1)	—
	(the number of stigmas,
	5)
Pistil: length	about 1.3 cm on average	—
Pistil: color	Yellow Green Group	—
	RHS 152C
Young fruit: extent of	medium	medium
anthocyanin overcolor
Fruit: size	medium	medium
Fruit: height	medium, about 8.0 cm	medium, about
		8.0 cm
Fruit: diameter	medium, about 8.0 cm	medium, about 7.8
		cm
Fruit: ratio	very small, 1.0	small, 1.03
height/diameter
Fruit: general shape	ovoid	conic
Fruit: ribbing	absent or weak	absent or weak
Fruit: crowning at calyx	absent or weak	absent or weak
end
Fruit: size of eye	small	small
	(actual size, not
	determined.)
Fruit: length of sepal	medium	medium
Fruit: bloom of skin	absent or weak	absent or weak
Fruit: greasiness of skin	absent or weak	absent or weak
Fuit: surface texture of	smooth	medium
skin
Fruit: ground color	whitish green	whitish green
Fruit: relative area of	very large	medium
overcolor
Fruit: hue of	RHS Orange Red	RHS Red Group
overcolor-with bloom	approximately N34A	approximately 46B
removed
Fruit: intensity of	medium	medium
overcolor
Fruit: pattern of	solid flush with weakly	only solid flush
overcolor	defined stripes
Fruit: width of stripes	medium (about 1.5-2.0	narrow (or absent)
	mm on average)
Fruit: intensity of	weak	absent
overcolor
Fruit: area of russet	absent or small	medium
around stalk attachment
Fruit: area of russet on	absent or small	medium
cheeks
Fruit: area of russet	absent or small	large
around eye basin
Fruit: number of	many (about 5 per 1 cm²	medium
lenticels	of equatorial portion)
Fruit: size of lenticels	large (about 0.3 mm on	medium
	average)
Fruit: scarfskin	absent	absent
Fruit: length of stalk	short, about 1.8 cm	short, about 1.9 cm
Fruit: thickness of stalk	medium, about 2.5 mm	medium, about 2.4
		mm
Fruit: depth of stalk	medium, about 1.3 cm	medium, about
cavity		1.3 cm
Fruit: width of stalk	medium,about 3.7 cm	medium, about
cavity		3.8 cm
Fruit: depth of eye basin	medium, about 1.0 cm	medium, about
		1.0 cm
Fruit: width of eye basin	medium, about 3.6 cm	medium, about
		3.6 cm
Fruit: firmness of flesh	firm, about 15.3 lbs.	medium, about
		13.8 lbs.
Fruit: color of flesh	RHS Yellow-White	RHS White Group
	Group approximately	approximately 155D
	158D
Fruit: sweetness of flesh	medium, about 14.6	medium, about
	(Brix %)	13-14 (Brix %)
Fruit: acidity of flesh	medium, about 0.33	medium, about 0.41
	(g/100 ml)	(g/100 ml)
Fruit: water-core of flesh	absent to very slight	absent to very slight
Fruit: shape of core	flat round, 2.4 × 2.4 (cm)	flat round, 2.6 ×
		2.6 (cm)
Fruit: aperture of locules	moderately open	moderately open
(in transverse section)
Fruit: productivity	Productivity: about 40 kg	—
(kg/tree)	per tree
Time of beginning of	medium	medium
flowering
Time of harvest	early	early
Duration of storage:	long, about one month	slightly short,
common storage	(August, Japan)	10 days or less
		(August, Japan)
Duration of storage: cold	long (about 3 months at	slightly short (about
storage	4° C.)	20 days at 4° C.)
Resistance to: Alternalia	strong	strong
blotch (Alternalia mali
Roberts)
Tolerance to winter	strong	strong
hardiness
Tolerance to	strong	weak
drought/heat

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A new and distinct variety of Malus Mill. apple tree named ‘TAKANO 7GO’, as illustrated and described herein.