Crabapple timeline

[sandbur]

Here is a pic from a week ago of a red splendor seedling. A bit larger fruit than normal for those at 1 to 1-1/8" and some red flesh. This tree drops quickly and checking yesterday about half is gone. Like really gone. Deer poop everywhere under this thing. Nothing really special, just another crab almost 20 yrs old and drops early. But shows that these smaller fruits are still really on the deer radar.

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Did you taste it?

 

[rocksnstumps]

Did you taste it?

I did a few times years ago. Not a spitter but still enough bitterness that not great. Dolgo which is ripe same time is more "mild" than this one if that helps with comparison. The dolgo hasn't dropped much yet though so the hoovers are getting what they can