Our Variety Assessment

Its strengths, growing requirements and the conditions in which it performs best.

Akane is a good early apple for starting the harvest season with more flavour than many summer cultivars. Its attractive red fruit is firm and juicy, combining sweetness with lively acidity and sometimes a hint of strawberry. It adapts to both cool and warmer European climates. Storage life is short, and some susceptibility to mildew requires attention.

Akane

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

Akane is an attractive early-season eating apple with a good pedigree and a sweet/sharp flavour.

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1 year old grafted tree – approx. 1–2 m

Half-standard – 1 to 1.5 m stem

Low-stem tree – approx. 60 cm stem

Standard tree – 1.8 m stem and over

Apple rootstock options

Bittenfelder – approx. 6 m mature height

EM9 – approx. 2.5 m mature height

M116 – approx. 4 m mature height

MM111 – approx. 4 m mature height

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SKU: 6249 Categories: Apple trees, Eating apple trees

Description

One of the best summer apples, Akane is a marriage between the American Jonathan apple and the English Worcester Pearmain. In appearance it most closely resembles the Worcester Pearmain. For an early apple variety it has an unusually good balanced flavour.

Akane ripens late August – early September. Like most early varieties the apples do not keep that long, however they hang on the tree rather than falling and cropping can therefore take place over a number of weeks. For the best flavour leave to ripen fully.

Akane can also be used for summer apple cookery, slices will keep their shape when cooked.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

Japanese variety bred in 1937, released as an early dessert apple.

Origin

Period of origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Eating / keeping period

Use

Sweetness / acidity

Disease resistance

Self-fertility

Pollinator value

Ploidy

Origin and identity

Parentage

Jonathan × Worcester Pearmain

Synonyms

Primrouge, Tokyo Rose, Tohoku 3

Growth and adaptation

Vigour and habit

Low to medium vigour, upright habit, rather low to medium production

Disease behaviour

Scab

Low to moderately susceptible

Powdery mildew

Moderately to highly susceptible

Pollination

Compatible pollinating varieties

For reliable fruit set, plant at least one variety with a compatible flowering period nearby. Flowering period: 4 - late.

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Additional variety information for Akane is provided in partnership with Orange Pippin.