List of Japanese apple cultivars

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

Sansa apples in a Connecticut orchard (2016)

List

• Akane which is named for the word Akane (meaning deep red).
  • Sansa[1]
• Fuji which is named after Fujisaki, Aomori.[2]
  • Yataka Fuji[3]
  • Daybreak Fuji[3]
  • Yahagi
• Mutsu or Crispin which is named after the Mutsu Province.[4]
  • Shizuka[3][1]
• Orin
• Shinano Sweet
• Tsugaru
• Toki[5]

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. American Society for Horticultural Science. 35 (1): 116–119. doi:10.21273/HORTSCI.35.1.116. ISSN 0018-5345. Retrieved 10 May 2019.

References

1. 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. Deziel, Chris. "Varieties of Japanese Apples". Hunker. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
4. Crispin apple Archived 2009-03-29 at the Wayback Machine
5. 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.