Malus sieversii genome of the domestic apples is "Malus baccata", but there is no evidence for this in older apple cultivars. Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan, and formerly its capital, derives its name from the Kazakh word for "apple" (Alma), and is often translated as "full of apples" (the region surrounding Almaty is home to forests of "Malus sieversii"); "alma" is also "apple" in other Turkic languages, as well as in Hungarian. The Soviet-era name, Alma-Ata, is Kazakh for "Father of Apples". These and other "Malus" species have been used in some recent breeding programmes to develop apples suitable for growing
Malus 'Evereste' Malus 'Evereste' "Malus" PERPETU 'Evereste' is an ornamental cultivar of crabapple that has been developed by INRA in 1974 and is registered under their trademark with the name "Malus" perpetu. 'Evereste' is a small deciduous tree to a height of 7 m (22 ft), and spread of 6 m (20 ft), broadly conical in outline, with more or less lobed leaves. The 'Evereste' crabapple is an excellent tree for spring blossom, with so many flower that you can hardly see any bark beneath. Flowers are 5 cm in width, 5 cm (2 in) across, Freely born red in bud but