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.