Apple’s Apples… Talk About Geek Fruit
I have known for years that the iPhone was extremely popular in Japan, especially with the number of requests I got from friends asking me to send them one.
However, one very avid Apple fan, decided to show his love for the iPod and Apple in a different way.
An owner of a Fuji apple orchard printed up custom stickers of iPods and the Apple logo. He then put the stickers on his Fuji apples while they were still young and on the trees.
A month later after the apples had matured, he removed the stickers.
As you can see the lack of sun reaching the apple cause them to keep the stickers original design.
No word as to what was done with the box of Geek Apples, but they did say they were quite delicious.
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By Sun Tzu on 04-12-2008
Comment by Charly
December 4th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Hehehe.
I already see a lawsuit coming from Apple® =P
Comment by wat
December 4th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
hes not selling them….
Comment by Linkcero
December 4th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
I wonder what actually happened to those apples. Surprising they did not end up on ebay.
Comment by ArleyM
December 4th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
that’s what i call dual core. groan.
Comment by Dave
December 4th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Yea, I know!
These apples aren’t nearly as cool.
Comment by polaris
December 4th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Just interesting…
Comment by bonita
December 4th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Comment by bonita
December 4th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Comment by Somebodyunfamous
December 4th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
I suppose at least he was doing something that got him worldwide recognition, couldn’t quite a few of us use that exact thing!?
Comment by t
December 4th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
As if that ever stopped Apple from suing anyone
Comment by Nacho
December 4th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Brand name infatuation is a lot different than being a “geek.”
Loving Apple is like the farthest thing from being a “geek” there is.
A monopolistic, lawsuit happy, DRM loving, proprietary-hardware-making computer company is pretty much the anti-geek.
Comment by c0ntinuum
December 4th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
The first photo really does look like a ‘photoshop’… So how do we even know the other two are real???
Comment by Sun Tzu
December 4th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
The first photo is the sticker itself on the apple. That is why it looks different.
Comment by m0r0n
December 5th, 2008 at 3:36 am
You are a dumbass.. learn to read.
Comment by andrew
December 5th, 2008 at 3:40 am
The first photo is the sticker itself on the apple…
Comment by Applehead
December 5th, 2008 at 9:11 am
And some of the apples play music?? WTF: Apple Player
Comment by maya
December 5th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
dude. chill. “geek” isn’t a proprietary term–doesn’t belong to apple, doesn’t belong to you.
doesn’t belong to boing boing, either.
if apple fans want to get their geek on, i say let them.
Comment by DreamTheEndless
December 5th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Too bad he didn’t have an orchard of McIntosh apples… (No – that’s not a misspelling – that’s how you spell the name of the fruit that the computer is named for.)
Comment by Timothy
December 5th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Ah those look tasty
Comment by rs
December 5th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
why would apple sue him for promoting their product? usually companies sue when it hurts their business, not helps it… dumba$$
Comment by zayzayem
December 7th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
What if the apples turn out to be toxic?
It could also be seen that the apple-grower is cashing in on the popularity/fame of the apple trademrk to sell his products.
Comment by ranJan
December 8th, 2008 at 1:46 am
Personally i dont’ like eating apples, yet I’d consider one like these.
Putting them on ebay would be a good idea, and apple doesnt’ lawsuits abt each and evythn cmon.
Comment by Tracey
December 8th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Aww… they are soo CUTE!
Comment by elsanmen
December 10th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Yeah!!!, friky apples!!!
Comment by Lau
December 10th, 2008 at 11:59 am
So geek!
Interesting technique I have to try that with some of my apple trees
Comment by Bob Slefty
December 11th, 2008 at 6:59 am
you’ve known for “years” that the iphone was extremely popular in Japan?
um… since the iphone only came on the market last year, your knowing for years would seem to be what… poetic licence at best?
and you know… it’s NOT extremely popular in Japan. its high price compared with local alternatives which offer considerably more advanced options means that it’s not taking off there as it has in other parts of the world…
sensationalist writing is fine but at least make *some* effort to have your work contain a modicum of truth.
Comment by juan
December 11th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
que hecho las trallas!!
Comment by art
December 11th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
ahora que lo haga con sus nalgas!!!!!!
Y QUE VIVA MEXICO, CABRONES!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by tindra
December 15th, 2008 at 8:46 am
cool, i’m gonna try that on our apple tree ^_^
Comment by Rodrigo
December 18th, 2008 at 11:59 am
very very very good images like these very
Comment by anon
December 23rd, 2008 at 6:40 pm
We do what we must, because we can.
Comment by me
December 25th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
who peed in your post toasties?
Comment by Derek
December 30th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Very cool!
Comment by canon
January 4th, 2009 at 2:05 am
alert(xss);good post
Comment by gds
January 6th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Apple would sue him for using their logo without their premission. Plus if he’s selling them for his profit, with their logo is illeagal.
Comment by Reality Check
January 21st, 2009 at 4:15 pm
What the?? Apple Corp should sue this guy?? How about MOTHER EARTH suing Steve Jobs for ripping off one of her most beautiful fruits?
Putting the logo of a corporation, which was borrowed from a fruit, BACK on that fruit, is called bastardization.
Comment by jaime
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:35 pm
OMG if i still lived in Connecticut i could do that cuz there was an apple tree near the park. But i haven’t heared of any apple trees in Texas… too bad…
Comment by MadDog
April 17th, 2009 at 3:40 am
if anything, apple should pay him money to sell those because it’s like advertisement on food, suing him would be counter productive, then again it is apple, everything they have is counter productive
Comment by Bid Web Directory
June 14th, 2009 at 1:42 am
god save the apple
Comment by web design company
July 7th, 2009 at 6:41 am
very cool post
Comment by One touch
September 17th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Wow, that looks absolutely delicious! Great post, you did such a nice job presenting the pictures too…I am definitely going to have to try that recipe this weekend!
Comment by Priceless Imprinters
October 26th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
What will they think of next? We just posted a blog about the most interesting things to put your logo on, and this would definitely rank near the top! View the blog at http://pricelessimprinters.com/blog/?p=69
Great article.
Comment by mahesh
October 28th, 2009 at 5:48 am
cool collection of apples….
cirrogram
Comment by Marie
November 7th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
… that's not how the coloring on apples works.
Sunlight isn't what gives apples their red coloring.
Putting a sticker on an apple isn't going to inhibit the chromoplasts within the fruit.