Watermelon-pink flesh is soft, juicy, brisk and tart. Perfect for bright and colorful pickles, jelly, sauce and cider. Relatively good fresh eating for a red-fleshed apple. Small 2" round fruit has smooth red skin awash with a greyish bloom. Charming pink blooms in spring and lush foliage tinged with crimson and bronze. Named for the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan, the birthplace of the Malus genus. Blooms early. Z3/4. Maine Grown. (Standard: 3-6' bare-root trees)