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Honeycrisp (Malus pumila) is an apple cultivar (cultivated variety) developed at the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station's Horticultural Research Center at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
Malus (/ ˈ m eɪ l ə s / [3] or / ˈ m æ l ə s /) is a genus of about 32–57 species [4] of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae, including the domesticated orchard apple, crab apples (sometimes known in North America as crabapples) and wild apples.
Malus pumila: Hybrid parentage: Antonovka x ? [1] Cultivar 'Aia Ilu' Origin, Estonia: Aia Ilu (in English, Garden Beauty [2]) is a cultivar of domesticated apple, ...
It produces heavy crop of variable sized fruits, [3] usually more to the smaller side, [5] but good sized apples can be obtained by thinning. [7] 'Akane' apple tree. 'Akane' carries the fruit shape of the English 'Worcester Pearmain', and the unusually good balanced flavor of the 'Jonathan'. [8] Shape ranges from flattened to heart-shaped. [5]
The result is an early harvest apple (early mid season), which is very attractive, [3] with a honeyed [1] flavor similar to Cox's but slightly sharper. [3] Its main use is for fresh eating. [1] 'Alkmene' flowers early mid season, with self-fertile blossoms, hence no cross pollination is needed.
Malus domestica (Bramley's Seedling, commonly known as the Bramley apple, or simply Bramley, Bramleys or Bramley's) is an English cultivar of apple that is usually eaten cooked due to its sourness. The variety comes from a pip planted by Mary Ann Brailsford .
Its fruit is the largest of any species of Malus except domestica, up to 7 cm in diameter, equal in size to many modern apple cultivars. Unlike domesticated varieties, its leaves go red in autumn: 62% of the trees in the wild do this compared to only 2.8% of the regular apple plant or the 2,170 English cultivated varieties. [6]
The wild apple is a deciduous small to medium-sized tree, but can also grow into a multi-stemmed bush. It can live 80–100 years and grow up to 14 metres (46 feet) tall with trunk diameters of usually 23–45 centimetres (9– 17 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches), although diameters exceeding 90 cm (35 in) have been recorded. [2]