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Malus coronaria
type: Ornamental
synonyms: American crabapple, Garland crab, Sweet crab apple
identification: The fruit vary in size between a walnut and a golf ball. Yellowish-green with a waxy feel to the skin. The calyx is open, surrounded by a faint, five-lobed crown, no basin.
characteristics: The flesh is white and sharp, sour.
uses: Ornamental
origins: Native to North America, ranging eastward from the Mississippi River.
cultivation: Uncultivated, it grows as a tangled, thorny shrub but will form into a small tree 5 to 7 metres in height with a wide and irregularly shaped crown. Grows best in rich, moist loam. The fruit develops on spurs. No fruit drop.
harvest: Fruit ripens in the fifth period.
notes: Typically, this is a late blooming variety, starting in Group D and lasting through Group H. Flowers and ripens in clusters of five and six.
pollination peak: 1
ploidism: Diploid.
harvest period: 5
flowers: Rose coloured, fragrant, medium to large. Simple five- to six-petal format.
foliage: Young leaves are reddish bronze, becoming dark green on the upper surface, pale green underneath. Yellow in autumn
fruit: Small, yellowish green.
hardiness: 4
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