List of Japanese apple cultivars explained

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).
  • Sansa^[1]
• Fuji which is named after Fujisaki, Aomori.^[2]
  • Yataka Fuji^[3]
  • Daybreak Fuji
  • Yahagi
• Indo^[4]
• Mutsu or Crispin which is named after the Mutsu Province.^[5]
  • Shizuka
• Orin
• Sekai Ichi
• Shinano Sweet
• Tsugaru
• Toki^[6]

Further reading

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Powell . Russell . Five New England Apples From Japan . New England Apples . New England Apple Association . 10 May 2019 . 10 October 2014 . en.
2. http://www.usapple.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21&Itemid=21 Apple varieties
3. Web site: Deziel . Chris . Varieties of Japanese Apples . Hunker . 10 May 2019.
4. http://www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk/full2.php?id=2919&&fruit=apple National Fruit Collection page
5. Web site: Crispin apple . https://web.archive.org/web/20090329023137/http://www.orangepippin.com/apples/crispin.aspx . 29 March 2009 . en.
6. Igarashi . Megumi . Hatsuyama . Yoshimichi . Harada . Takeo . Fukasawa-Akada . Tomoko . Biotechnology and apple breeding in Japan . Breeding Science . 66 . 1 . 18–33 . en . 10.1270/jsbbs.66.18 . 27069388 . 4780799 . 2016 . 'Toki', released several years prior to its registration in 2004, is a juicy and very sweet yellow cultivar whose production is rapidly increasing..