Firebird and Sugar Tyme have the most persistant red fruit of the bunch.

Firebird is the best selection IMO, but is only about 10 x 8'.

Remove SnowDrift from your list.

Search this forum for "Malus good fall color". There are many links in the that post to various sources regarding fruit persistance and disease resistance.

Another good one for our area is Donald Wyman but that might be a bit too big.

Red Jewel is probably the perfect selection for you and they are quite shapely. I didn't pull the trigger on one as I got conflicting reports on fireblight resistance.

Whaas - Did you mean Red Jewel or Red Jade? I've found a resource that has Red Jewel at GOOD for scab resistance and FAIR for blight resistance. Red Jade is FAIR for both. I see what you mean. Their both sort of mediocre endorsements for disease resistance.

Firebird looks good. Its got EXCELLENT in both categories. I may have to reconsider a 10'H tree. Might work proportionally.

Came across two more -

Zumi

Madonna

I'd recommend either Sugar Tyme, Donald Wyman or Zumi - all have noted disease resistance in my area, although fireblight here on the left coast is not much of an issue. FWIW, Sugar Tyme is probably my favorite of any of the flowering crabs - excellent disease resistance, nice rounded form, heavy flowering, fragrance and wonderful persistent, bright red fruit.

Gardengal - What would you say the real-life size of the Sugar Tyme is?

I was refering to Red Jewel, not familar with Red Jade.

Sugar Tyme tops out about 18' x 15'. This selection might be an alternate bearer. I can't seem to confirm this though.

Does alternate bearer mean it only has fruit every other year? Would that be a problem or is that just another aspect, neither good nor bad?

I guess it would be a negative if you want heavy flowering and fruiting every year.

Don't quote me on this but I believe it flowers/fruits heavy one year then its lighter the next year.