USDA-NPGS
Akane
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Dessert
Measured Phenotype
- Brix
- 14.7 °Bx
source: GRIN
Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.
Akane is a red Japanese dessert apple from Aomori, developed from a 1939 cross between Jonathan and Worcester Pearmain and introduced in 1970. It offers a tangy flavor with a firm, crisp, and juicy white flesh.
Flavor & Texture
tangysubacidfirmcrispjuicy
Best Uses
fresh_eating
Lineage
Parents
Offspring
Origin & History
- Origin type
- deliberate cross
Disease Resistance
- Apple scab
- resistant
- Fire blight
- moderately resistant
- Powdery mildew
- resistant
- Cedar-apple rust
- moderately resistant
Cornell Apple Variety Database.
References
- USDA-NPGS
- PI 255899
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 84
- Wikidata
- Q2828931