Ivanova E.V. 1
Sorokopudov V.N. 1
1 State University Belgorod National Research
The studies were described morphological characteristics of the studied plants of the genus Malus, revealed differences between species of the genus Malus individual indicators, such as fruit weight and seed number of seeds in the fruit, leaves and morphological parameters, etc. Fruit weight in apple ornamental species for the period 2011 - 2013 varied from 0.63 to 19.08 g depending on the species of plants. According to this indicator are highlighted two plant species of apple, who excelled large fruits – Malussilvestris and MalusNiedzwetzkyana. Maximum variability of fetal weight is typical for M. silvestris and the smallest variation in weight exhibit the fruits of Malusmanshuriса. In assessing seed production, the highest number of seeds in the fruit have M. silvestris, M. prunifolia, M. manshuriса. M. silvestris, moreover, differs in larger seeds. Revealed that the maximum sheet size parameters characterized M. Niedzwetzkyana. The high level of variability in the length and width of the leaf blade is typical for M. silvestris.69 70