User talk:Crabappaul

Neither of the images on this page appear to be Malus floribunda. Malus species are very hard to identify and are frequently misidentified online and in garden collections. Malus floribunda fruit are close to globular (not elongated as in the two examples shown here) and have deciduous calyces (meaning the flower parts are not retained at the tip of the fruit, as they are in the example shown here). The variety for the yellow example, 'golden hornet', is sometimes identified as being Malus floribunda but is also identified in other places as a hybrid, which is more likely given its persistent calyx. A description of Malus floribunda fruit can be found in Rehder, 1940, "Manual of cultivated trees and shrubs". Unfortunately I do not have images of true Malus floribunda fruit to contribute, but the image provided by the Missouri Botanical garden (http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=e150) appears to be accurate if rather poor quality.