Fuji
Variety of Apple · Malus domestica
Extremely sweet, long-keeping crunchy apple from Japan – a global heavyweight.
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5🇯🇵 Japan 1962
Taste & characteristics
Taste
firmmildcrispjuicysweet
Profile
- Parentage
- Ralls Janet x Red Delicious
- Breeder
- Tohoku Research Station, Fujisaki
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
- Fruit weight
- 250 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Large, firm fruit with dense, very juicy, honey-sweet flesh; pinkish-red blush over yellow-green ground.
Growth
Vigorous, late ripening; needs a long warm season to colour well.
Yield
High; outstanding storage life of several months in cold store.
Notes
Very low acidity, hence flat-tasting for some palates. Many red sports.
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