Variety traits
Malus pumila L. Mill.
The term Paradise Apple does not refer to a specific cultivar with a documented pedigree, but is a collective name for a group of historically selected vegetatively propagated apple rootstocks.
In the reference 3 varieties crop Paradise apple, where this is mentioned in the description.
In scientific literature, the Paradise Apple is interpreted as a historically established group of forms with the characteristic trait of dwarfing. Philip Miller classified these forms as Malus pumila, mistakenly taking them for a separate biological species, although in reality they are clonal lines selected for use as rootstocks.
The breeding origin of these forms is not based on the crossing of specific parental pairs, but is the result of long-term selection of phenotypically similar plants. In modern breeding programs, representatives of the Paradise group are considered exclusively as sources of dwarfing genes, and the term itself does not correspond to the concept of a cultivar with an established genealogy.
General information about the subject — on the page Variety origin.
Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.