Grow one of Japan’s sweetest apple varieties with this live Japanese Gunma Honey Apple Tree, shipped bare root and ready for planting. Known as 群馬名月（めいげつ）, this premium Japanese apple is highly prized for its exceptionally sweet flavor, rich aroma, and juicy crisp texture. Often called a “Honey Apple” or “Peach Apple” due to its fragrant sweetness and refreshing juicy flesh, Gunma Honey apples ripen approximately four weeks after Toki apples, extending the harvest season with delicious late-season fruit. The attractive apples develop beautiful golden-yellow skin with occasional blush and are excellent for fresh eating, desserts, and specialty fruit collections. Grafted on M7 rootstock for manageable semi-dwarf growth, this productive tree is ideal for backyard orchards and home gardens. You will receive a healthy live bare root tree similar in size and condition to the one shown in the listing photos.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Japanese Gunma Honey Apple Tree
✔️ Height: approximately 32 inches tall
✔️ Trunk size: approximately 3/8 inch
✔️ Shipped bare root
✔️ Rootstock: M7
✔️ Healthy, dormant tree
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

🌼 Growing Information
Common Name: Gunma Honey Apple, Meigetsu Apple
Botanical Name: Malus domestica ‘Gunma Meigetsu’
Plant Type: Deciduous fruit tree
Growth Stage: Young grafted tree
Sun Requirements: Full sun preferred (6–8 hours daily)
Soil: Well-draining fertile soil
Watering: Moderate; water regularly during establishment
Mature Height: 12–18 feet on M7 rootstock
Growth Rate: Moderate
USDA Zones: 5–8
Harvest Season: Late season, about 4 weeks after Toki
Pollination: Benefits from another apple variety nearby
Container Friendly: Yes, with pruning and proper care

💡 Care Tip: Soak bare roots before planting and provide full sun for the best sweetness and fruit color. Annual pruning helps improve airflow, fruit quality, and overall tree health.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.