The name of the apple

Abstract

It is shown that the correct name to be applied to orchard apples (if Malus is to be maintained as a distinct genus) is, once again, Malus pumila: cultivars should be written as, e.g., Malus pumila 'Granny Smith'. Names used for apples by Linnaeus are typified (five neotypifications). The native apple of northern Europe is Malus sylvestris, though many 'wild' apples there are derived from cultivated forms of the Asiatic M. pumila.