Akane

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1970

Origin

Fujisaki, Aomori, Japan

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 14.7 °Bx

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

Jonathan Worcester Pearmain

Offspring

Delrouval

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