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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]
Malus sieversii has previously been identified as the main contributor to the genome of the cultivated apple (Malus domestica), on the basis of morphological, molecular, and historical evidence. [10] Fruit traits including crispness, more flavour intensity and fruit weight have undergone differential selection by humans to produce Malus ...
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.
The Granny Smith is an apple cultivar that originated in Australia in 1868. [1] It is named after Maria Ann Smith, who propagated the cultivar from a chance seedling.The tree is thought to be a hybrid of Malus sylvestris, the European wild apple, with the domesticated apple Malus domestica as the polleniser.
The 'Evereste' crabapple flowers in spring, [5] producing a large number of flowers. [6] The flowers are 5 cm (2 in) in width. [4] When the flowers are buds the petals are red, but when the flowers open the petals are white with a pink tint. [4] [5] [6] The 'Evereste' fruit reaches up to 2.5 cm (1 in) in length.
Blossoms and leaves of the 'Dorsett Golden' apple cultivar. Dorsett Golden is a 'Golden Delicious'-like cultivar of domesticated apple and is descended from it, but is different with that it is early season, and most importantly, it needs a lower amount of cold weather (less than 300 hours) to go into blooming, so it is possible to grow in warm climates.
Pinus sylvestris (I) Pinus virginiana (N) Piptatherum racemosum (N) Piptochaetium avenaceum (N) Pistia stratiotes (N) Pityopsis graminifolia var. latifolia (N) Plantago aristata (N) Plantago cordata (N) Plantago lanceolata (I) Plantago major (I) Plantago patagonica (N) Plantago psyllium (I) Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (N) Plantago virginica ...
Malus baccata is an Asian species of apple known by the common names Siberian crab apple, [2] Siberian crab, [3] Manchurian crab apple and Chinese crab apple. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It is native to many parts of Asia, but is also grown elsewhere as an ornamental tree and for rootstock .