The Akane is one of my favorites now as well....

Consistently bears every year no matter how much or how little sun in the spring.......also somewhat scab resistant.....I had a couple that I protected simply with some ziplock plastic (more about that later) and I showed off one of them to a group on Thursday....this Akane apple had come from a tree that had been planted by someone on a public space and does well now with very little maintenance....beautiful apple.....low maintenance.....good reward....it is made for western Oregon and Washington....decent taste.