Fuji is the top apple variety being planted in Washington State. Red Fuji and early Fuji varieties together account for 22 percent of the trees that nurseries have budded for planting in 2008, according to a nursery survey by Tree Top, Inc. Many growers are replacing older Fuji orchards with higher coloring Fuji strains as well as planting new acreage, reports Lindsay Buckner, Tree Top’s senior vice president for field services. Gala plantings have been slowing down. About 14 percent of the trees to be planted next spring are Gala. Plantings peaked in 1998, when every third tree sold was […]