Apple tree -- Fiesta cultivar

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of high yielding dessert apple tree is provided which originated as a cross between the Cox's Orange Pippin cultivar and the Idared cultivar. The fruit is an attractive bright red on a yellow-green background, possesses an excellent flavor, and exhibits an extended storage life. The growth habit is precocious and leads to the formation of a tree which is larger in size than Cox's Orange Pippin. The branches form wide angles and commonly are drooping particularly on young trees. The fruit skin finish is superior and of a brighter coloration than that of Cox's Orange Pippin cultivar.

I claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of apple tree having the following combination of characteristics: (a) is precocious and assumes a larger size than the Cox's Orange Pippin cultivar,   (b) exhibits a somewhat drooping growth habit which is particularly noticeable in young trees,   (c) forms in good yields attractive round and slightly flattened fruit having a smooth and shiny surface with a bright red blush which may be present as stripes and speckles on a yellow-green background and possessing an excellent flavor which is well retained upon storage, and   (d) commonly exhibits a genetic leaf mottle which is unrelated to disease; substantially as herein shown and described.