Apple tree--Frankad cultivar

Abstract

A new and distinct apple variety is provided which is especially well adapted for growing in warmer apple growing areas because of its unusually good heat tolerance. The new variety possesses a medium large upright and spreading growth habit and abundantly forms attractive dessert-type fruit. Such fruit is tangy and richly flavored, and possesses a bright red skin coloration coupled with exceptionally good flesh firmness when compared to other early ripening apple varieties.

I claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of apple tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by (a) an unusually good heat tolerance, (b) a medium large upright and spreading growth habit, and (c) the consistent production of heavy crops of early ripening large round-oblate sprightly flavored fruit having a bright red skin coloration and firm flesh.