Fruit

Fruits grow on trees in the town in all  titles. When the player first creates their town, there is only one type of fruit tree in it, and therefore only one type of fruit. This fruit, either an apple, cherry, peach, pear or orange, is called the "native fruit," and is considered common by the town's inhabitants. Tom Nook will buy each native fruit for only 100 Bells. However, non-native fruits sell for 500 Bells per fruit.

Any fruit can be grown in the town, and therefore it is to the players' advantages to obtain at least one other type of fruit, grow fruit trees using this other type of fruit, and then sell the fruit produced on the tree. Alternatively, fruit can also be received as a gift from villagers in any Animal Crossing game or as a gift from Mom in. If the player sends a villager a one line letter with a piece of native fruit, there is a good chance that they will send the player a piece of foreign fruit in return, and, players can mail a letter to a villager, who will occasionally give them some foreign fruit.

Fruit is one of many items that the player can eat, but there is no benefit for doing so. Each fruit tree, if it grows, will contiunually grow 3 fruit every 3 days.

Coconuts
Additionaly, coconuts are a non-native fruit in every town. They grow into palm trees that only live close to the shore and grow two coconuts. In, and , coconuts must be obtained by traveling to the island and sell for 300 Bells, instead of 500. In Wild World and City Folk, coconuts simply drift ashore but are worth the same 500 Bells.

Growing fruit
The player can grow a fruit tree by burying a piece of fruit in the ground. However, in order to grow a coconut tree, the coconut must be buried squares away from the Beach. If the tree grows, it will bear fruit in about five days. The player can shake the fruit off of the trees by walking up to a fruit tree with no items in their hand and pressing the 'A' button. The fruit will then fall onto any open spaces of ground, and can be picked up.

However, cedars and oak trees do not bear fruit. They can be bought at Tom Nook's Store, and are not the same as fruit trees, even if they look exactly the same. Buying these is the only way to plant them.



Animal Crossing: New Leaf changes
In there are new fruit showcased in Nintendo Direct and later confirmed. These are Lemons, Mangos, Bananas, Durians and Persimmons.

There is also another type of fruit: Delicious fruit. These fruits appear randomly in place of a regular fruit and sell for a higher price. When planted they grow into a very fragile tree which, if successful, bears three Delicious fruit. However, when shaken, the leaves of the tree may fall off, killing it in the process.

Banana Trees are similar to Coconut Palms in both appearance and function.



List of Fruit
* - Fruit which cannot appear as the native fruit in a player's town.