The Fuji apple tree - Malus domestica "Fuji"

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Pollinator Required ? Yes
Type : semi dwarf
Characteristics : sweet
Mature Height : 12-14 feet
Support Required : No
Bloom Period : Mid April
Sun Exposure : Full Sun
Will Produce Fruit In: 3-5 years
Harvest Period : Mid Oct
Soil Type : well drained
Zones : 6 - 8

The Fuji apple Tree - Malus domestica "Fuji" :

Fuji apples have it all--super sweet, super juicy and super crisp. What a great snacking apple! Fuji apples are aromatic, sweet, juicy and crisp with a firm texture. The Fuji’s appearance varies from yellow-green with red highlights to mostly red. The Fuji’s spicy, crisp sweetness gives it exceptional eating quality.

The Fuji is excellent for fresh salads. The Fuji is quickly becoming an apple with a large consumer audience.

The Fuji apple tree grows best in Zones 6 to 8. More info on Hardiness Zones

Zone 6 -0 Degrees °F to +10 Degrees °F
Zone 8 +20 Degrees °F to +10 Degrees °F

Fuji Apple History

The Fuji apple is an apple cultivar developed by growers at the Tohoku Research Station in Morioka, Japan in the late 1930s and brought to market in 1962. It is a cross between two American apple varieties, the Red Delicious and old Virginia Ralls Genet (sometimes cited as "Rawls Jennet") apples.

Fuji apples are typically large or very large and round, on average the size of a baseball. They contain between 9-11% sugars by weight and have a dense flesh that is sweeter and crispier than many other apple varieties, making them popular with consumers around the world. Fuji apples also have a very long shelf life compared to other apples, even without refrigeration. With refrigeration, Fuji apples can last up to 5-6 months.

In Japan, Fuji apples continue to be the unrivaled best-seller. Japanese consumers prefer the crispy texture and sweetness of Fuji apples almost to the exclusion of other varieties and Japan's apple imports remain low. Aomori Prefecture is perhaps the best known apple growing region of Japan. Of the roughly 900,000 tons of Japanese apples produced annually, 500,000 tons come from Aomori.

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Apple Lore

100 B.C. - Roman poet Horace notes that Italy has nearly become one big fruit orchard and the perfect meal begins with eggs and ends with apples. Apples moved west with the rise of the Roman empire as the Romans adopted the apples and orchard skills of the Greeks and Persians before them.

They proceeded to carry apples to the far reaches of the Roman Empire including continental Europe and the British Isles where previously only crab apples were known. They even created a deity of the fruit trees, the goddess Pomona.

Like the Persians and the Greeks, the Romans and many cultures since have responded to the basic human longing for a time and place where men and women are free from the battle with nature for food and shelter. This place is normally symbolized by a garden of paradise and pleasure complete with fruit laden trees featuring apples.

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