![]() ![]() pumilaĬentral Asia (mountains of Kazakhstan) Ĭhina (Hebei, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Zhejiang) Orchard apple, includes Malus niedzwetzkyana and M. Malus sikkimensis Wenz.) Koehne ex C.K.Schneid. Russia, Mongolia, China, Korea, Bhutan, India, and Nepal Section Florentinae (Rehder) M.H.Cheng ex G.Z.Qian įlorentine crabapple, hawthorn-leaf crabapple Lebanese wild apple, erect crabapple, or three-lobed apple treeĪsia includes West and South Anatolia, Syria, Lebanon, and North Palestine, Europe from east section of Greek Thrace (Evros Prefecture) and southeastern Bulgaria Great Lakes Region and in the Ohio Valley, United StatesĬhina (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Laos, VietnamĬhina (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang) Įastern and south-central United States from Florida west to eastern Texas and north to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Missouri The oldest fossils of the genus date to the Eocene ( Lutetian), which are leaves belonging to the species Malus collardii and Malus kingiensis from western North America (Idaho) and the Russian Far East ( Kamchatka), respectively. The genus Docynia has been shown to be nested within Malus in molecular phylogenies. The genus Malus is subdivided into eight sections (six, with two added in 20). The centre of the fruit contains five carpels arranged star-like, each containing one or two seeds.Ībout 42 to 55 species and natural hybrids are known, with about 25 from China, of which 15 are endemic. The fruit is a globose pome, varying in size from 1–4 cm ( 1⁄ 2– 1 + 1⁄ 2 in) in diameter in most of the wild species, to 6 cm ( 2 + 1⁄ 4 in) in M. sylvestris sieversii, 8 cm (3 in) in M. domestica, and even larger in certain cultivated orchard apples. ![]() Several Malus species, including domestic apples, hybridize freely. Many apples require cross-pollination between individuals by insects (typically bees, which freely visit the flowers for both nectar and pollen) these are called self-sterile, so self-pollination is impossible, making pollinating insects essential.Ī number of cultivars are self-pollinating, such as 'Granny Smith' and 'Golden Delicious', but are considerably fewer in number compared to their cross-pollination dependent counterparts. The flowers are borne in corymbs, and have five petals, which may be white, pink, or red, and are perfect, with usually red stamens that produce copious pollen, and a half-inferior ovary flowering occurs in the spring after 50–80 growing degree days (varying greatly according to subspecies and cultivar). The leaves are 3–10 centimetres ( 1 + 1⁄ 4–4 inches) long, alternate, simple, with a serrated margin. This tree if completely covered with golden fruits would be a truly stunning sight.Apple trees are typically 4–12 metres (13–39 feet) talI at maturity, with a dense, twiggy crown. It’s a young tree, though, so perhaps as it matures that problem will take care of itself. Now my only complaint is that only part of ‘Golden Raindrops’ is covered in fruits. That’s the neighbors’ house across the alley. This year, strangely, all were eaten by the end of October. Most years the fruits of ‘Donald Wyman’ are left uneaten, eventually just falling to the ground. We have another Crabapple, ‘Donald Wyman’, with larger red fruits. Even so, a mass of these fruits is conspicuous from a distance. The fruit of ‘Golden Raindrops’ is about 1/4 inch in diameter. Birds are supposed to prefer the smaller Crabapples. I’ll be curious to see how long these golden fruits last before the birds get at them. ![]() ![]() Then suddenly our ‘Golden Raindrops’ Crabapple dropped its bright yellow leaves, and – boom! Clusters of bright yellow fruits emerged, no longer camouflaged by the foliage. This year in particular has been almost entirely fruitless. I’ve been disgruntled lately about the garden’s lack of fall ornamental fruits. ![]()
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