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Antonovka apples. Antonovka is a cultivar of vernacular selection, which began to spread from the region of Kursk in Russia during the 19th century. [4] While the fruit-bearing trees have not received a wide degree of recognition outside the former Soviet Union, many nurseries do use Antonovka rootstocks, since they impart a degree of winter-hardiness to the grafted varieties.
The name manchineel (sometimes spelled manchioneel or manchineal), as well as the specific epithet mancinella, are from Spanish manzanilla ('little apple'), from the superficial resemblance of its fruit and leaves to those of an apple tree. It is also called beach apple. [5] A present-day Spanish name is manzanilla de la muerte, 'little apple ...
The tree is a free grower, but does not attain the largest size. Eating, cooking Bardsey Island Apple: Bardsey Island, Wales 1998 A medium-sized eating apple with a unique lemon aroma. Sweet and juicy. Skin color red over gold. Very disease resistant. Single tree discovered on Bardsey island in 1998, age of original tree unknown. May have ...
An apple tree in Germany. Many apples grow readily from seeds. However, apples must be propagated asexually to obtain cuttings with the characteristics of the parent. This is because seedling apples are "extreme heterozygotes". Rather than resembling their parents, seedlings are all different from each other and from their parents. [42]
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]
Ziziphus mauritiana, also known as Indian jujube, [2] Indian plum, [2] Chinese date, [2] Chinee apple, [2] ber [2] and dunks [2] is a tropical fruit tree species belonging to the family Rhamnaceae. It is often confused with the closely related Chinese jujube ( Z. jujuba ), but whereas Z. jujuba prefers temperate climates, Z. mauritiana is ...
The Annonaceae are a family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs, or rarely lianas [3] commonly known as the custard apple family [4] [3] or soursop family. With 108 accepted genera and about 2400 known species, [ 5 ] it is the largest family in the Magnoliales .
The growth cycle of M. sieversii could be divided into several stages from germination to developing fruit bearing trees, and to the death of aged trees. [7] Period I starts from seed germination to the development of vegetative tree parts, and to the first round of fruiting. [7] A typical apple tree reaches age 6 to 8 in this period.