List of Japanese apple cultivars

Sansa apples in a Connecticut orchard (2016)

This is a list of Japanese apple cultivars which includes apple cultivars, as well as hybrid cultivars, invented in Japan.

List

  • Hokuto
  • Akane which is named for the word Akane (meaning deep red).
  • Fuji which is named after Fujisaki, Aomori.[2]
    • Yataka Fuji[3]
    • Daybreak Fuji[3]
    • Yahagi
  • Indo[4]
  • Mutsu or Crispin which is named after the Mutsu Province.[5]
  • Orin
  • Sekai Ichi
  • Shinano Sweet
  • Tsugaru
  • Toki[6]

Further reading

  • Igarashi, Megumi; Hatsuyama, Yoshimichi; Harada, Takeo; Fukasawa-Akada, Tomoko (2016). "Biotechnology and apple breeding in Japan". Breeding Science. 66 (1): 18–33. doi:10.1270/jsbbs.66.18. ISSN 1344-7610. PMC 4780799. PMID 27069388.
  • Sakurai, Kenji; Brown, Susan K.; Weeden, Norman (1 February 2000). "Self-incompatibility Alleles of Apple Cultivars and Advanced Selections" (PDF). HortScience. 35 (1). American Society for Horticultural Science: 116–119. doi:10.21273/HORTSCI.35.1.116. ISSN 0018-5345. Retrieved 10 May 2019.

References

  1. ^ a b Powell, Russell (10 October 2014). "Five New England Apples From Japan". New England Apples. New England Apple Association. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  2. ^ Apple varieties by US Apple Association
  3. ^ a b c Deziel, Chris. "Varieties of Japanese Apples". Hunker. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  4. ^ National Fruit Collection page
  5. ^ "Crispin apple". Archived from the original on 29 March 2009.
  6. ^ Igarashi, Megumi; Hatsuyama, Yoshimichi; Harada, Takeo; Fukasawa-Akada, Tomoko (2016). "Biotechnology and apple breeding in Japan". Breeding Science. 66 (1): 18–33. doi:10.1270/jsbbs.66.18. PMC 4780799. PMID 27069388. 'Toki', released several years prior to its registration in 2004, is a juicy and very sweet yellow cultivar whose production is rapidly increasing.
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