The
Fuji apple is an apple
hybrid developed by growers at the Tohoku Research Station (農林省園芸試験場東北支場) in
Fujisaki, Aomori,
Japan, in the late 1930s, and brought to market in 1962. It originated as a cross between two American apple varieties—the
Red Delicious and old
Virginia Ralls Genet (sometimes cited as "Rawls Jennet") apples. According to the
US Apple Association website it is one of the fifteen most popular apple cultivars in the United States.