‘Buddybell’ is a promising crabapple variety developed as a pollinizer at the Apple Research Institute, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration, Korea, in 2019. This variety was selected from seedlings obtained by natural crossing of Malus baccata. It was collected from Mt. Jeombong, Inje-gun, and Gangwon-do. Line selections were conducted from 2009 to 2016, and characteristic evaluations were performed from 2009 to 2010. Tree vigor and tree form of ‘Buddybell’ were medium and upright, respectively. The first flowering time was early, around April 16, and the flowering period was as long as 14 days. The flowers of ‘Buddybell’ were pink in the balloon stage and white in full bloom. ‘Buddybell’ has a high fruit setting rate with major apple varieties(‘Fuji’, ‘Hongro’, and ‘Tsugaru’). The amount of pollen weight per 1,000 inflorescence of ‘Buddybell’ was 2.5 times higher than that of 'Maypole'; hence, it is highly useful as a pollinizer in apple orchard. ‘Buddybell’ was officially applied for variety protection on Korea Seed & Variety Service in 2020 (Application no.2020-237).

국립원예특작과학원 배연구소에서 과실이 크고, 당도가 높은 수분수용 고품질 떫은감 품종을 육성하기 위해 2000년에 ‘서촌조생’에 ‘조홍시’를 교배하였다. 교배실생 중에서 ‘00-16-121’를 2007년에 1차 선발하였고, 연시, 곶감 및 수분수로의 특성이 우수하여 2009년 최종 선발하고 ‘파트너’로 명명하였다. ‘파트너’의 수세는 중간 정도이고 수자는 반개장성이다. 수꽃착생이 많으며 화분량은 100화당 380 mg으로 풍부하다. 숙기는 만개후 144일로 ‘선사환’보다 1주일 빠르며, ‘서촌조생’보다 3주 가량 늦다. 평균과중은 224 g이며, 당도는 18.8°Bx이다(등록번호 제5519호).