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Malus ‘Indian Summer’

[gallery ids="5292,8622"] This forms a small rounded tree with bronze-green foliage. The fall color includes tints of oranges and yellows. The flower buds are red and open to rose red blooms. Glossy, red fruits, changing to deep orange, are very persistent. It has excellent disease resistance. It will perform best in full sun with moist, well-drained...
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Malus ‘Donald Wyman’

[gallery ids="5265"] A spreading, rounded tree with glossy, clean foliage. The crimson to pink buds open to large, single white flowers. The small, bright red fruit persists into winter. It has good disease resistance. It prefers full sun and moist well-drained soils. Discovered as a seedling in Arnold Arboretum about 1950. It was named to honor...
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Malus (fruiting apple) ‘Pink Lady’

A very crisp apple with a sweet-tart flavor. It has a reddish-pink skin with a green background. The flesh resists browning when cut, and is a good keeper. Likes a hot climate and ripens late in the season. Requires 500 hours chilling. It is self fertile. Budded on semi-dwarf rootstock. It needs full sun and...
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Malus (fruiting apple) ‘Newtown Pippin’

A large, crisp, firm, tart/sweet flavored green apple. Ripens late. It is self-fertile and a good pollinizer for other apples. Tried and true, sprang from a seed in Newtown, Long Island in the 1750's. Budded on semi-dwarf rootstock. It performs best in full sun and well-drained soil....
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