I think I already know the answer, but I'll ask the question anyway.
On Saturday I was hunting my friend's farm in SE MN and I saw a nice buck feeding under a large crabapple tree along a grassy hillside. The 10 pointer (well actually 8 pointer since both brow tines were snapped off) ended up with my tag on him, but that was one of the first times I've seen deer feeding on apples/crabapples in November.
The crabapple tree appears to just be a wild tree that happens to drop fruit at the right time. If I grabbed some of the crabapples and planted the seeds, would they end up similar to this tree or would it be a crap shoot? I planted some regular apple trees within 1/4 mile of this tree, so there are regular apple pollen sources in the neighborhood.
On Saturday I was hunting my friend's farm in SE MN and I saw a nice buck feeding under a large crabapple tree along a grassy hillside. The 10 pointer (well actually 8 pointer since both brow tines were snapped off) ended up with my tag on him, but that was one of the first times I've seen deer feeding on apples/crabapples in November.
The crabapple tree appears to just be a wild tree that happens to drop fruit at the right time. If I grabbed some of the crabapples and planted the seeds, would they end up similar to this tree or would it be a crap shoot? I planted some regular apple trees within 1/4 mile of this tree, so there are regular apple pollen sources in the neighborhood.