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Flamenco, also known as Ballerina Obelisk, is a cultivar of domesticated apple that bears apples good for eating fresh, and is grown for its unusual ornamental properties. . The tree grows in a straight up columnar style, with many small fruit-bearing branches.
Wijcik McIntosh is a mutation of the McIntosh apple that has a columnar growing habit, meaning that it grows straight and upright, and is spur-bearing, without any major branching. This property is very much appreciated for use as an ornamental plant for itself, and also in the breeding of other apple cultivars, to make them columnar as well. [1]
Cereus repandus (syn. Cereus peruvianus), the Peruvian apple cactus, is a large, erect, spiny columnar cactus found in South America. It is also known as giant club cactus, hedge cactus, cadushi (in Papiamento and Wayuunaiki [2]), and kayush. Cereus repandus is grown mostly as an ornamental plant, but has some local culinary importance.
Annona glabra is a tropical fruit tree in the family Annonaceae, in the same genus as the soursop and cherimoya. Common names include pond apple , alligator apple (so called because American alligators often eat the fruit), swamp apple , corkwood , bobwood , and monkey apple . [ 2 ]
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 genus is native to the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere.
The apple became popular after 1900, when the first sprays for apple scab were developed. [5] A house fire damaged the original McIntosh tree in 1894; it last produced fruit in 1908, and died and fell over in 1910. [4] [16] McIntosh apples on sale at the Jean-Talon Market in Montreal
An open-centred crown on a short trunk of less than 1 metre (3 ft 3 in). This is a traditional and popular form for apple trees. Bush trees are easy to maintain and bear fruit at a young age. Final height is between 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) and 5.5 metres (18 ft), depending on which rootstock is used. [1]
'Ambrosia' harvest is mid to late season. Trees are hardy and no major disadvantages have yet been identified. [2] [3] These apples flower in mid to late season, and are in flower group 4. [clarification needed] [4] Ambrosia is most common in British Columbia, where it was discovered, and is the third most-produced apple in the province.