Apple tree named `Mariri Red`

Abstract

The new and distinct variety of apple tree, Malus domestica, is a naturally occurring limb mutation of the `Braeburn` apple tree (an unprotected New Zealand variety). The fruit of the apple tree of the new variety is characterized by highly colored dark red fruit. Unlike the parent variety, the fruit has a dark red coloration in a solid blush pattern typically covering 100% of the fruit surface. The new variety has been named `Mariri Red`.

I claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of apple tree, which is a sport of the `Braeburn` variety, substantially as herein described and illustrated, and which is characterized particularly by the dark red coloration which extends