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An apple is a round, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (Malus spp., among them the domestic or orchard apple; Malus domestica). Apple trees are cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus Malus. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancestor, Malus sieversii, is still found.
Northern Spy also called 'Spy' and 'King', is a cultivar of domesticated apple that originated on the farm of Oliver Chapin in East Bloomfield, New York, in about 1840. [1] [2] [3] It is popular in upstate New York.
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.
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.
Honeycrisp (Malus pumila) is an apple cultivar (cultivated variety) developed at the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station's Horticultural Research Center at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
Malus pumila: Hybrid parentage: Antonovka x ? [1] Cultivar 'Aia Ilu' Origin, Estonia: Aia Ilu (in English, Garden Beauty [2]) is a cultivar of domesticated apple, ...
'Alkmene' is a German cultivar of domesticated apple, also called 'Early Windsor'. [1]Two natural mutations of this cultivar that have red-skinned fruit have been selected: one called 'Red Alkmene' was trademarked under the name of Red Windsor; the other is 'Ceeval'.
'Beauty of Bath' is a dessert apple cultivar. It was propagated in 1864 by George Cooling [1] [2] and awarded a Royal Horticultural Society First Class Certificate in 1887. [1] [3] Sugar 13%, acid 13g/litre, vitamin C 12mg/100g.