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
Rhodes Fruit Farms Rhodes Fruit Farms Rhodes Fruit Farms, founded by Cecil John Rhodes in 1902, exists today as Boschendal The Estate, one of the oldest wine estates in South Africa. Mining magnate, politician and empire-builder Cecil John Rhodes founded Rhodes Fruit Farms in South Africa in 1902, shortly before his death. Much of his activity centred on the farm Boschendal, which has given its name to the current Boschendal Estate. To this day it is a major source of employment for the local community. Close to Cape Town, between Stellenbosch, [Pniel], Franschhoek and Paarl, Boschendal stretches between the foot of the Groot