Fruit as a Commodity

All Fruits are NOT equal in Animal Crossing but now, in New Leaf, there are even more variables with respect to their value in any given village.   You still have your Native Fruit, which has the lowest value at 100 Bells.  Even your Native Fruit has variable value now, however, when a Native Tree produces a Perfect Fruit.  Perfect Fruit if sold in your own village, is valued at 600 Bells, but if sold in another Village, will be valued at 3000 Bells.  That is a very significant difference, making the transport and sale of Perfect Fruit more lucrative than that of the old Turnip Stalk Market business.

There is a downside to the Perfect Fruit business, however in that, although a Perfect Fruit can be planted and grown into a Tree that bears ONLY Perfect Fruit, that Tree has a short life span.  When it dies, it will produce one last harvest consisting of two Perfect Fruit and one Rotten Fruit.  The Rotten Fruit has a negative value.  It is one of those items for which you must pay a disposal service fee.  Nonetheless, there is no limit to the number of Perfect Fruit Trees you can plant and grow through the lifetime of your Village.

Fruit that is 'Native' in other Villages is worth 500 Bells when transported and planted in YOUR Village.  The Fruits that are defined as Native consist of Apples, Cherries, Peaches, Oranges and Pears.  There are other Fruits that can be grown in your Village.  They are the Tropical Fruits and two new types of Fruits that appear at the Supermarket in the Home Garden Centre only when Gracie has opened her boutique on the third floor.

The Tropical fruits are divided into two categories:  those that are grown on regular soil and consist of Durian, Lemons, Lychees and Papayas and those grown on sandy beaches, consisting of Coconuts and Bananas.  You can obtain ALL these Fruits by visiting the Island.  You will not find them all on the initial Island where you can fish and net inscects as well as purchasing items as souvenirs.  You can find them, however, when you play the various Island mini-games.  Pocket one of each type of Fruit that is not grown initially on your Island and then plant them either on the Island or at home or do both.  The various Island Fruits, whether grown on regular soil or sand are not worth as much as 'Native' Fruits that are foreign to YOUR Island.  They sell only for 250 Bells each.

Persimmons, like the regular Tropical Fruits found on the various Islands are worth only 250 Bells but Bamboo Shoots sell for 750 Bells.  Bamboo Shoots are unique in another fashion as they must be harvested with a shovel.  You will not see any 'fruit' or shoots on the Bamboo Plant.  Instead, you will find a characteristic star-shaped pattern in the soil indicating a buried item.  Dig it up to harvest a Bamboo Shoot.  If left in the ground, it may produce a new Bamboo Plant. 

A note of caution here:  Bamboo can become an out-of-control problem in your village if you do not harvest the Shoots regularly.