Sansa

Sweet
Description

Sansa is a red, medium-large apple with a deep pink blush on a yellow skin. Its firm flesh is light green with red in color. This tender, extra sweet, and juicy variety is picked in early September, and it keeps well.

Discovered: 1970, Japan and New Zealand

Parentage: Akane x Gala

Harvest: Early Season

History

Sansa was developed in Japan in 1989, in collaboration with New Zealand. It is a cross between Gala and Akane.