A fast growing selection with a well-rounded crown, abundant flowers, tough wavy leaves, no thorny shoots, fruits that persist on the tree, and attractive autumn foliage in a suitable climate, it is also resistant to fire blight and other diseases. Self-sterile, producing fruits only when cross-pollinated. Selected at the us Plant Introduction Station in Glenn Dale, Maryland, from seed collected in 1918 from the mountains of Yichang, China. Released in America in 1960, where it soon became popular as an ornamental street tree. Possibly confused with 'Redspire' in the Australian trade.