An ornamental, red-leaved, crab apple tree with a small, compact tree and fruit suitable for processing. Beautiful in bloom and very productive.

Tree: small, compact, sparsely branched, upright, later spreading. Leaves shiny, purple-red in spring, greenish-red in summer, greenish-yellow in autumn.

Blooms: medium early. Flowers medium large, purple, turning white when reblooming. Blooms profusely, tends to rebloom.

Fruit: drupe-type, relatively large (30-36 mm, 40-45 g), round, dark purple. Ripen late, mid-October, persistent on the tree.

The flesh is red, juicy, with a pleasant sweet-sour taste and slight tannins. The juice has a high sensory rating and a rich biochemical composition – soluble solids 16.5oBrix, titratable acidity 1.5% (sugar:acid ratio 11), total polyphenols 263 mg 100 g-1.

Good resistance to scab and other diseases.

Winter hardiness: good (little tested).

Recommended rootstocks: medium-sized rootstocks MM106, B.118.