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F1 hybrid
Momotaro
Also sold as: Momotaro F1, 桃太郎
Takii's original Japanese pink F1, with firm roughly 220 g fruit, high sugar, rich balanced flavour and good crack resistance on indeterminate vines.
- Shape
- Round
- Fruit type
- Slicer
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 184 g (170–198 g)
- Days to maturity
- 65 days (60–70) from transplant
- Sweetness
- Very high
- Flavour intensity
- Very high
- Productivity
- High
- Cracking resistance
- High
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- Containers
- Suitable for containers
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Heat tolerance
- Low
- Cool-climate suitability
- Medium
- Growing notes
- This row refers to Takii's original 1985 Momotaro hybrid. Later Momotaro-series cultivars have different pedigrees, maturities and disease packages. Controlled research indicates sensitivity to moderately elevated temperatures, including reduced reproductive performance and fruit set.
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