Fuji (apple) received US plant patents by August, 2008: Unpatented Fuji mutants include: Fuji (apple) The Fuji apple is an apple hybrid developed by growers at 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. Its name is derived from the first part of the town where
Shin-Fuji Station (Shizuoka) Shin-Fuji Station (Shizuoka) Shin-Fuji Station is served by the Tokaido Shinkansen, and is located from the eastern terminus of the line at Tokyo Station. There are no connecting rail lines to Shin-Fuji, with the nearest connecting being located at Fuji Station away. A connecting bus service runs several times an hour taking approximately 7 minutes. Shin-Fuji Station is an elevated station with two opposed side platforms, connected to one another and to the station building by an underpass. The station building has automated ticket machines, automated turnstiles, and a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. Shin-Fuji Station opened on March