"Myrica rubra" was first introduced into the United States by Frank Nicholas Meyer from seed purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Co. in Japan and published in the Bulletin of Foreign Plant Introductions in 1918. Plants from the collection were grown and fruited in Chico, California and in Brooksville, Florida by David Fairchild. "M. rubra" is being commercialized in California by Calmei, a California corporation. Trees are prolific producers, with a single tree yielding some of fruit. As of 2007, 865,000 acres were devoted to yangmei production in Chinadouble the amount of acres utilized in apple production in the United States.