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When will the apple tree bear fruit?

Generally, apples begin to bear fruit 2-3 years after planting. The length of fruit growth period is generally 65-87 days for early-maturing varieties, 90- 133 days for middle-maturing varieties and 137- 168 days for late-maturing varieties. Generally speaking, the life span of apple trees after planting can reach 10- 1000 years.

The flowering period of apples depends on the local climate, but it is generally concentrated in April-May. Apple is a cross-pollinated plant, and most varieties cannot bear fruit by themselves.

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Apple trees in China:

Apple varieties originated in China were widely planted in Hebei and Shandong before the Qing Dynasty. They are characterized by low yield, small fruit, thin skin and sweet taste, but they are not resistant to storage and easy to be damaged, so they are expensive. In the Qing Dynasty, Beijing Banners used them as tribute fruits.

In the late Qing Dynasty, Americans introduced western apples to Yantai, Shandong and other places. After the Russo-Japanese War, Japan also established an agricultural experimental base in Xiong Yue, Guandong County, introducing western apples and improving them through hybridization.

Yantai and Dalian have thus become famous apple producing areas today. After the Republic of China, the western varieties of apples gradually occupied the main position in China market, while the native varieties of apples in China were gradually eliminated by fruit farmers, and the planting scope was continuously reduced.

Finally, only a few fruit trees were preserved in Huailai, Hebei Province, but these fruit trees also became extinct in China around the1970s.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Apple