Malus century. Apple wood gives off a pleasant scent when burned, and smoke from an apple wood fire gives an excellent flavour to smoked foods. It is easier to cut when green; dry apple wood is exceedingly difficult to carve by hand. It is a good wood for cooking fires because it burns hot and slow, without producing much flame. Crab apple has been listed as one of the 38 plants whose flowers are used to prepare the Bach flower remedies. Malus Malus ( or ) is a genus of about 30–55 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the
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