Flower Notes:
Red;white (Buds crimson red; flowers white and in clusters; late April to May)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Summer foliage; fall color variable)
Fruit Notes:
Red (Edible, dark red apples (pomes))
Soil Notes:
Well-drained heavy loam soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Simple, ovate, serrate, acuminate leaves with rounded bases in clusters on short spurs. Buds have several imbricate scales and are usually reddish-brown with hairs protruding under scales. Fruits have multiple seeds (as compared to the single seed pit of Prunus species). The bark of mature trees is gray to brown and scaly.
