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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.
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]
Origin. Aomori Apple Experiment Station, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, 1983. The Hokuto apple (Japanese: 北斗) is a variety of apple that originated in Aomori, Japan. It was first introduced in 1983 as a cross between the Fuji and Mutsu varieties. [1] The Hokuto apple is known for its large size and has even been recognized by the Guinness World ...
Aomori Prefecture, home of the Fuji apple, is the best known apple growing region of Japan. Of the roughly 900,000 tons of Japanese apples produced annually, 500,000 tons come from Aomori. Outside Japan, the popularity of Fuji apples continues to grow. In 2016 and 2017, Fuji apples accounted for nearly 70% of China's 43 million tons grown. [6]
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 ...
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 ...
Cosmic Crisp. After 20 years of research, Washington State University finally saw the fruits of their labor with Cosmic Crisp. A cross of the Enterprise and Honeycrisp varieties, these large juicy ...
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]