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.
List
[edit]- Hokuto
- Akane which is named for the word Akane (meaning deep red).
- Fuji which is named after Fujisaki, Aomori.[2]
- Indo[4]
- Mutsu or Crispin which is named after the Mutsu Province.[5]
- Orin
- Sekai Ichi
- Shinano Sweet
- Tsugaru
- Toki[6]
Further reading
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ a b Powell, Russell (10 October 2014). "Five New England Apples From Japan". New England Apples. New England Apple Association. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ Apple varieties by US Apple Association
- ^ a b c Deziel, Chris. "Varieties of Japanese Apples". Hunker. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ National Fruit Collection page
- ^ "Crispin apple". Archived from the original on 29 March 2009.
- ^ 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.
