Malus hupehensis named `Cardinal`

Abstract

A Malus hupehensis tree providing abundant red flowers and small, very glossy red fruits, having resistance to defoliation in hot humid summers and to leaf injury from apple scab fungus or mildew which severely affects other similar trees in an adjacent area, the tree growing rapidly and displaying a wide spreading crown.

I claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of Malus hupehensis tree substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty, by the abundant bright red flowers and small, very glossy red fruits produced, the ability to resist defoliation and leaf injury from apple scab fungus or mildew under conditions severely affecting other trees of Malus hupehensis growing in the same area, and the rapid growth rate of the new variety, with wide spreading crown.