I got the scion from a fellow deer/ apple maniac in 2015 or so. It is on dolgo and produced it’s first fruit last year. It looks like another crab for a winter food source.
Clowns Nose crab is the name for the dolgo seedling in my hand. It is shown next to Kerr.
I picked all I could reach for cider this fall, but it looks like a good winter feed source.
Clowns Nose crab is the name for the dolgo seedling in my hand. It is shown next to Kerr.
I picked all I could reach for cider this fall, but it looks like a good winter feed source.
Clown nose, great name. LOL
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I assembled many of my crab apple pictures by date. These are from the center of Minnesota, except a few Whitney crabs pictures I added for comparison from other forum members. Small Chunks climate is similar to mine to ripening should be about the same time.
This might give a hint of ripening or drop timing as well as apple size.
In 2017, I left some Kerr on the tree to check drop times. I harvested all of them this year.
Morse bunches crabs are more of a bush type with much variation in size and only one or two were hardy here. Apple size was from 3/4 inch and down.
Where are you growing all of these crab apples I had a lot of my trees winter kill last year I'm up in northern Minnesota I might have to plant more crabapple trees I think they are more Hardy. My Whitney crabapple had severe winter damage so I'd stay away from that one in Zone 3 was a five year old tree. Even my Norland apple trees had winter damage those are zone two trees.
I assembled many of my crab apple pictures by date. These are from the center of Minnesota, except a few Whitney crabs pictures I added for comparison from other forum members. Small Chunks climate is similar to mine to ripening should be about the same time.
This might give a hint of ripening or drop timing as well as apple size.
In 2017, I left some Kerr on the tree to check drop times. I harvested all of them this year.
Morse bunches crabs are more of a bush type with much variation in size and only one or two were hardy here. Apple size was from 3/4 inch and down.
Where are you growing all of these crab apples I had a lot of my trees winter kill last year I'm up in northern Minnesota I might have to plant more crabapple trees I think they are more Hardy. My Whitney crabapple had severe winter damage so I'd stay away from that one in Zone 3 was a five year old tree. Even my Norland apple trees had winter damage those are zone two trees.