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Malus florentina
type: Ornamental
synonyms: Florentine crabapple
summary: Ornamental tree. Blooms very late.
identification: The fruit is oval in shape and very small. Base colour is yellow, over which is a red wash on the sun exposed face. No fruit drop.
uses: Grown in Europe, widely grown elsewhere as an ornamental tree.
origins: Native to Italy and the Balkan Peninsula.
cultivation: Upright spreading tree. Tolerant down to hardiness zone 4. Blooms in Pollination Group H, biennial.
harvest: Fruit ripens late in the fifth period. The fruit is somewhat edible, either bletted or cooked. The bletted fruit becomes soft, mealy and sour.
notes: The leaves of this variety have distinct teeth, like that of hawthorn.
pollination peak: 1
ploidism: Diploid.
harvest period: 5
flowers: Single, white.
fruit: Oval, orange, small
hardiness: 4
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