Fukuoka fruit salad literally grows on tree
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The lemon tree laden with 11 kinds of fruit is pictured in Onga, Fukuoka.
ONGA, Fukuoka — A lemon tree that bears 11 different kinds of fruit is earning attention for a resident here who has had it growing in his garden for years.
The tree, which is about 30 years old, is growing in the garden of 71-year-old Onga resident Manabu Fukushima. It is loaded with 11 kinds of fruit including dekopon (Wiki), hassaku orange, iyoyan, amanatsu (Wiki), and banpeiyu (Purdue U), a variety of pummelo (Purdue U).
Fukushima started receiving citrus tree saplings from neighbors about 15 years ago, and grafted them onto his lemon tree because he wanted to eat the fruit quickly. Since then, the varieties of fruit have gradually increased. Now locals often come too see the unusual tree.
Successful grafting can produce fruit in one to three years.
“The harvesting is really fun,” Fukushima says. “Next year I want to increase the varieties.”
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