Malus florentina Malus florentina Malus florentina is a species of apple known by the common names Florentine crabapple and hawthorn-leaf crabapple. It is native to the Balkan Peninsula and Italy, and it is grown elsewhere as an ornamental tree. The botanical name "florentina" and common name "florentine" are remarking the source of the municipality of Florence, Italy that has a major history of botanical collection in their famous renaissance gardens, and the other common name "hawthorn-leaf" is remarking its distinct toothed leaf shape which closely resembles that of a hawthorn and is unusual for a crabapple. Tree is deciduous, upright and vase
The Fruit Hunters and EyeSteelFilm agreed to co-produce the film, which also has funding from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Telefilm Canada and SODEC. Chang, Slutsky and Gollner were friends before working on the film, having once lived in the same building in Montreal. The Fruit Hunters The Fruit Hunters is a 2012 feature documentary film about exotic fruit cultivators and preservationists. It is directed by Yung Chang and co-written by Chang and Mark Slutsky, and inspired by Adam Leith Gollner’s 2008 book of the same name. In addition to documentary sequences, the film also uses CGI animation, models and performers to stage real