List of Japanese apple cultivars

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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

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^[3]
- Yahagi
Indo^[4]
Mutsu or Crispin which is named after the Mutsu Province.^[5]
- Shizuka^[3]^[1]
Orin
Sekai Ichi
Shinano Sweet
Tsugaru
Toki^[6]

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

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