sandbur
5 year old buck +
I just went and got what I call an apple sauce milk shake. Dolgo applesauce, equal, and milk.You and your crabapples ;)
I agree that crabs should be at least part of every "deer apple" guy's plantings. At the very least a few ornamental crabs to aid in pollination (plus they're purdy...I planted quite a few Prairie Fire crabs around the house to make the wife happy).
edit...if a guy doesn't have the room for any crabs..you could always t-bud an ornamental crab on one branch of each tree for pollination too. I did that to most of my trees on my old place...more so just to say I did it than anything else I suppose.
I think we should plant crab apples in the north country and then see if we have room for any other apples...
I did get an email reply from the apple orchard that is just north of foggy's. He is surely on sand. I need to recheck which rootstock he likes best. He said pH correction is important. I asked him if he worries about boron or sulfur-no reply, yet. There is another thread with a link to an article on apple fertilization.