Volume 49 Number 4 Article 33
Year 1995 Month 10
Title: ´Fuji` Apple
Authors: Y. Yoshida, X. Fan and M. Patterson
Abstract:
In 1939, the first apple breeding
programme was established at the
Morioka Fruit Tree Research Station
as a program of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
In 1958,
Tohoku No. 7 was selected from 596
fruit bearing hybrids of 'Rails Janet'
(♀) and 'Delicious' (♂). This selection
was named 'Fuji' and registered by the
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
of Japan in 1962. The name 'Fuji' was
a commemoration of the town of Fujisaki
in the Aomori Prefecture where
the crosses and selections were made.
The original tree is still standing in the orchard of the Morioka
Branch, Fruit Tree Research Station.
The original strain is not highly colored,
but many red coloring strains have
been found. 'Fuji' fruits are medium to
large size, firm, crisp, very sweet and
very juicy.
Fruits develop slightly
roughened skin, have a subacid flavor
and are very good dessert apples.
Fruit is round-oblate or oblong, and
mature in early or mid-November in
Morioka and often have water core.
Trees are large, spreading,
vigorous and productive, but susceptible to biennial bearing.
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