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The apple is a deciduous tree, generally standing 2 to 4.5 metres (6 to 15 feet) tall in cultivation and up to 15 m (49 ft) in the wild, though more typically 2 to 10 m (6.5 to 33 ft). [5][1] When cultivated, the size, shape and branch density are determined by rootstock selection and trimming method. [5]
Chloromeles(Decne.) Decne. (1882) Malus (/ ˈmeɪləs / [ 3 ] or / ˈmæləs /) 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 and wild apples. The genus is native to the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere.
Geneva, New York, United States, 1898. Cortland is a cultivar of apple developed at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York, United States in 1898. [1] The apple was named after nearby Cortland County, New York. It is among the fifteen most popular in the United States [2] and Canada.
Ambrosia is a "club" variety of apple, in which a cultivar is patented by an organization that sets quality standards and provides marketing, while production is limited to club members. [7] The name was never trademarked, and the patent has expired in Canada and the United States. [8][9] Centralized control allowed limitation of color ...
Granny Smith. The Granny Smith, also known as a green apple or sour apple, 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 ...
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 centimetres (35 in) have been recorded. [2]
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. [8]
"West County Cider" makes Baldwin Cider from trees planted in the early 1900s. It is their most popular cider. [5] Typical size width 81-89 mm, height 63-79 mm, stalk 19-22 mm. [6] [7] [8] It is an exceptionally hard apple and would remain remarkably free from blemishes and other blights with few pesticides being needed. Because of its hardness ...