Sansa apple identification

Far out-produces Akane. Parentage: Gala x Akane. Introduced / discovered in 1988.

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Identification

Flesh colour - White to Cream, pale yellow
Fruit size - Medium
Fruit shape - Conical
Shape features - Anglular (flat-sided)
Shape features - Regular, round
Shape features - Slightly, broadly, obscurely ribbed
Shape features - Ribbed cavity to basin
Shape features (vertical view) - Lop-sided, unequal sides, irregular
Shape features (vertical view) - Ribs more pronounced at apex, toward basin
Shape features (vertical view) - Tapering toward calyx end or apex
Shape uniformity - Uniform in shape, Variable in size
Shape uniformity - Uniform, in size and shape
Seeds - size - Small
Seeds - size - Medium
Core - Abaxile / Irregular
Core - Axile / Symmetrical
Core - Closed
Core - Open
Seeds - point - Acute
Seeds - characteristics - Abortive
Seeds - characteristics - Flat
Seeds - characteristics - Many
Seeds - characteristics - Plump
Core - lines - Moderate
Core - lines meeting - Base of calyx tube
Core - lines meeting - Sides of calyx tube
Calyx / Sepals- Opening - Small
Calyx / Sepals- Opening - Medium
Calyx / Sepals - Size - Medium
Calyx / Sepals - Size - Short
Calyx / Sepals - Width - Narrow
Calyx / Sepals - Width - Medium
Calyx Tube - Shape - Conic
Calyx Tube - Shape - Funnel
Calyx Tube - Length - Long
Calyx Tube - Length - Medium
Calyx Tube - Size - Medium
Calyx Tube - Stamen - Median
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Green with brown tips
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Brown
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Closed
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Convergent
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Erect
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Reflexed
Russet - Present
Russet - Not present
Russet % coverage - Low
Russet % coverage - Absent
Russet details - Dots, Patches, Spots
Russet details - In stem cavity
All green or yellow - Other colors present
Skin color (when ripe) - Red
Skin color (when ripe) - Yellow (+/or) Green with some Red (+/or) Pink
Skin color (when ripe) - Red (+/or) Purple to nearly Black
Skin blush - Present
Skin blush (color) - Red to Deep Red into Dark Purple
Skin blush (color) - Pink to Pinkish Red Copper
Scarf skin - Present
Scarf skin - Not present
Suture lines - Not present
Bloom - Not present
Skin waxy or greasy - No waxiness or greasiness present
Skin feel - Smooth
Stripes - Stripes present
Stripes (details) - Mottled, marbled
Stripes (details) - Short splashes
Stripes (details) - Mixed stripes, colors
Stripes (details) - Washed - faded
Stripes (color) - Dark Red
Stripes (color) - Crimson to Purplish
Stripes (color) - Scarlet, Carmine (red orange)
Stripes (color) - Red
Stem (length) - Medium
Stem (length) - Long
Stem (thickness) - Slender
Stem (thickness) - Medium
Stem cavity (russet) - Gray to Brown Russet
Stem cavity (russet) - Little, light russet
Stem cavity (russet) - Ochre or Green Russet
Stem cavity (russet) - Russet rays extening out from stem cavity
Stem cavity (russet) - Russeted or can be Russet-free
Stem cavity (russet) - Yellow to Golden Brown Russet
Stem (position) - Slightly Oblique
Stem (position) - Upright
Stem (details) - Knobby, Clubbed
Stem (color) - Brown
Stem (color) - Green
Stem Cavity (protruberances) - Compressed
Stem Cavity (side view depth) - Medium
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Brown
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Flat
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Green
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Lipped - fold of skin over stem end
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Red
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Russet
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Shiny, Smooth
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Yellow
Stem Cavity (slope to stem) - Steep, Acuminate slope
Stem Cavity (slope to stem) - Acute, Medium Slope
Stem Cavity (top view orientation) - Oblique - slanted to one side
Stem Cavity (top view orientation) - Symmetrical
Stem Cavity (top view width) - Moderate, Medium width
Basin skin - Red
Basin skin - Yellow
Basin skin - Shiny, Smooth
Basin width - Narrow
Basin width - Moderate
Basin russet - Gray to Brown Russet
Basin russet - Little, light russet
Basin russet - Smooth, fine Russet
Basin russet - Usually Russet free
Basin russet - Yellow to Golden Brown Russet
Basin (top view) - Uneven, Oblique, Slanted
Basin (top view) - Symmetrical, Round
Basin (side view slope to eye) - Acute, Regular, Medium slope
Basin (side view slope to eye) - Obtuse, gradual slope to eye
Basin (side view depth) - Shallow
Basin (side view depth) - Medium depth
Basin (protruberances) - Undulate, Furrowed, Wavy, Puckered
Basal lobes - Present, Crowned, or 5-lobed
Basal lobes - Slightly present
Dots (description) - Pink
Dots (description) - Same color as background
Dots (description) - Raised
Dots (description) - Russet
Dots (description) - Tan / Cream
Dots (description) - White
Dots (description) - Yellow
Dots (numbers) - Few
Dots (numbers) - Moderate
Dots (size) - Medium
Dots (size) - Small
Dots (skin lenticels) - Inconspicuous, not prominent
Dots (spread) - Enter the stem cavity
Dots (spread) - From Basin lessening toward Cavity
Flesh (staining) - Not present
Flesh (texture) - Crisp, Breaking into chuncks
Flesh (texture) - Firm, Hard
Flesh (grain) - Fine
Flesh (juiciness) - Juicy or Very Juicy

Using

Uses - Eat fresh
Uses - Drying
Flavour quality - Very good
Flavour style - Aromatic
Flavour style - Sweet/Sharp
Flavour style - Sweeter
Harvest period - Early-Mid season
Only sweet flavor - Tart, sub-acid, or bitter flavor detected

Growing

Flowering period - Mid-Late season
Flowering group - 4
Fruit bearing - Spur-bearer
First planted - After 1950

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