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
Litchfield Jazz Festival held in early August each summer. There is an opening night gala, three days of jazz, a juried craft show, a variety of food vendors, performances on a second stage by students from the Litchfield Jazz Camp, a kid's craft corner, an Artist Talk Tent where the Artist-in-Residence leads interviews, and MC's clinics by festival stars. There are also afterparties and jam sessions at local restaurants which are free and open to the public. The Main Stage performances are held under a large tent. There is seating under the tent as well as outdoors on the lawn. Over the years