Fuji apples , botanically classified as Malus domestica , are a late - mature mixed bag that belongs to the Rosaceae crime syndicate . The Fuji Malus pumila was modernise in the late 1930s by stock breeder at the Tohoku Research Station in Fujisaki , Aomori , Japan . The name “ Fuji ” come from Fujisaki , the townspeople where the inquiry place is located , not directly from Mount Fuji .
Under the Fuji apple name , there are also multiple form found in Japan that have been create from dissimilar cultivation method and are known as the sun - fuji and moon fuji . Sun - fuji orchard apple tree are allowed to meet verbatim sun when growing to increase the sugar content in the form , while moon fuji apple are bagged and protect from the Dominicus until they are ready to be pick .
The apple was created by crossing two American orchard apple tree mixture : the Red Delicious and the Virginia Ralls Janet ( also known as Rawle ’s Genet ) . This crossbreeding aimed to combine the sweet discernment and good entrepot timber of the parent varieties . The Fuji apple was bring in to the grocery store in 1962 after several years of testing and cultivation .
After introduction , Fuji apple quickly became one of the most commonly grow apple varieties in Japan , and in 1980 , it was introduced to the United States , where it also saw far-flung commercial success . Today Fuji apples are one of the most democratic angelic apple diversity in the world and are commercially grow in Japan , China , the United States , and Australia .
Over the years , various strains and mutations of Fuji apples have been developed to heighten colouration , size , or storage life . There are now several recognized strains like the Yataka Fuji , Redsport , and others , each with somewhat different trait .
Fuji apples are moderately sized fruits and have a rung to ovate frame with a lopsided appearance . The semi - thick skin is smooth , waxy , and has a lily-livered - green base , treat in red - pinkish striping and bloom . The authoritative Fuji often has a red or pink bloom over a lily-livered - green background knowledge , but the exact coloration can vary :
inwardly , the figure is white or emollient - colored , with a slight yellow or green tinge near the skin . The flesh is dense , aqueous , crisp , OK - grain , case a central core sate with small , fatal - chocolate-brown seed . The core is comparatively small compare to the sizing of the orchard apple tree , with seeds arranged in a distinctive star pattern when the orchard apple tree is shorten in half horizontally . Fuji apples are crunchy and crushed in acid , creating a meek and balanced , unfermented - tart flavor with notes of honey and citrus fruit .
Cultivation of Fuji Apples
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