Nipissing Crabapple
type: Ornamental
identification: Small crabapple, about the size of a cherry. Greenish bronze, flushed red.
characteristics: The flesh is red.
uses: Grown primarily for ornamental purposes.
origins: Developed in 1920 at the Canada Department of Agriculture's Central Experimental Farm near Ottawa, Ontario (Canada) by Isabella Preston by crossing
RF: Niedzwetzkyana's Apple with
Malus baccata .
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, spheric shape.
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
flowers: Pink
leaves: Purple leaves
hardiness: 3
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