| Description | A very hardy Apple tree with white flowers and small fruit. |
|---|---|
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | pinkish buds, single white |
| Fruit | purplish or a maroon red, pome |
| Leaves | green, simple |
| Roots | fiborous |
| Dimensions | 20-25 by 20-25 plus feet, rounded |
| Maintenance | resistant to fire blight |
| Native Site | Malus baccata is native to Eastern Siberia, Russian Far East, Mongolia, China, Korea, Bhutan, India and Nepal,[1] where it is common to mixed forests on hilly slopes at elevations up to 1500 meters.[4] The tree is found in Japan,[3] and it has also been introduced to Canada and the US where it is mostly found around the Great Lakes (Wikipedia) |
| Cultivar Origin | Raised from seeds collected in Seoul Korea at the Arnold Arboretum by Mr. Jack (1905) (Bulletin of Popular Information By Arnold Arboretum) |
| Author's Notes | I have seen this tree in bloom a couple of times at the Chicago Botanic Gardens in Glencoe , Illinois, USA. It has very showy large white flowers. |
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