Fuji proved to be more difficult to grow and pack than Grady Auvil imagined. Fuji is in his right hand and Cameo in his left. The late Grady Auvil, an orchardist at Orondo, Washington, was one of the state’s pioneers of Granny Smith, but it was Fuji, which came along a little later, that excited him the most. By the mid-1980s, Auvil had already profited from high early prices for Granny Smiths and was experimenting with Gala and Fuji. After thoroughly testing Fuji, he declared he didn’t expect a better variety to come along in the next 50 years. Fuji, […]