Konnichiwa! Akane is a beautiful, blood red, crisp, early-season, tangy, dessert apple from Japan. Small to medium-sized fruit, flat-rounded, with a deep red skin.Juicy and crisp with a slight strawberry flavour. Tangy, until very ripe, when it sweetens. Keeps its flavour and shape when cooked.A great feature of Akane is that he fruit hangs on the tree for weeks, allowing a very long picking period.Akane is a reliable cropper, and a low-vigour, healthy tree. USES: Dessert, CookingRIPENING TIME: EarlyPOLLINATION GROUP: DORIGIN: Japan 1937 See our NURSERY INFO page to learn how we grow our trees, about our fruit descriptions, and all about rootstock and tree sizes. DELIVERY or PICK UP DATE: We pack your plants in the first week of July, August or September. Select your preferred date below.