Crabapple Varieties & guys' comments / input

[SmallChunk]

Some wild trees at a place I hunt. I have more vids of them that I’ll post in my land tour soon.

This tree is next to the honey bees that another guy has out there. Noticed it this spring and cleared the buckthorn for out around it. Smaller crab.

This one the deer and squirrels love. Small crab that produces every other year.

This one usually is a crab that’s a touch bigger than golf balls, but this year there are SO many on it I think they will be a bit smaller. Deer clean these up quick. The tree is usually standing straight up, but not this year!!!

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[H20fwler]

Those are badass Chunk! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[sandbur]

Some wild trees at a place I hunt. I have more vids of them that I’ll post in my land tour soon.

This tree is next to the honey bees that another guy has out there. Noticed it this spring and cleared the buckthorn for out around it. Smaller crab.

This one the deer and squirrels love. Small crab that produces every other year.

This one usually is a crab that’s a touch bigger than golf balls, but this year there are SO many on it I think they will be a bit smaller. Deer clean these up quick. The tree is usually standing straight up, but not this year!!!

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Small Chunk, Be sure and taste those wild crabs.

Forum members have seen this seedling before, but I tasted it today. Some might be thrown in the cider.

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[Bowsnbucks]

^^^^^ That seedling really looks productive. Good taste is a bonus for eating or cider.

 

[sandbur]

^^^^^ That seedling really looks productive. Good taste is a bonus for eating or cider.

Cider and applesauce is on the way. The smallest crab is the seedling.

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[Charman03]

Cider and applesauce is on the way. The smallest crab is the seedling.

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Nice load there

 

[Bowsnbucks]

That's a wagon-load of flavor !!

 

[Jhoss]

Sandbur = Pornstar

 

[buckvelvet]

Looks like a solid year Art!

 

[bwoods11]

Apples and crabapples look great guys...I checked my plums yesterday and they are "plum" full.

 

[sandbur]

Apples and crabapples look great guys...I checked my plums yesterday and they are "plum" full.View attachment 20064

Just had a handful of plums, tomatoes, and a sandwich for lunch. Skipped crabapples for lunch.


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[sandbur]

A few Firecrackers are ripe. They are running smaller than last year.

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[Bowsnbucks]

They look pretty good, Bur. I think that's the first pic I've seen of a Firecracker. How are they for eating ?? Cider ??

 

[sandbur]

They look pretty good, Bur. I think that's the first pic I've seen of a Firecracker. How are they for eating ?? Cider ??

I haven’t tasted one this year, yet. Memory says they are best in cider.

I only have about a dozen of these apples this year.


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[sandbur]

They look pretty good, Bur. I think that's the first pic I've seen of a Firecracker. How are they for eating ?? Cider ??

More sour than dolgo, but the seeds are not black. The apples easily pulled off so I thought a few were ripe.
I need to taste them in another ten days or so.

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[Bowsnbucks]

I think Dolgo's are a taste bomb - I think they're great !! - so I'd probably be fine with a Firecracker too. Some commercial apples that the public seems to favor are pretty bland to me.

 

[rocksnstumps]

Had a handful of young trees with their first small crop of apples this year. 3rd and 4th leaf likely on M7 since from Wallace nursery. With all the trouble last week with my small oaks being beardozed over for acorns, picked about 5 dz apples from three Chestnut and Whitney crabs. I did roll the dice and left the few on a nearby Honey Gold just to see how long they might hang on the tree. My Dolgo had a few the first year planted (was a bigger 7 ft tree but was discounted) but since has taken the last couple of years off.

This pic is the best of the Whitney ( seeds were brown) and other is the Honey Gold taken a couple of weeks ago

 

[Jhoss]

By the time my Whitney’s get dark seeds they are soft mealy dry inedible. Super pretty but just a horrible eater. Anybody get good ripe Whitney’s?

 

[rocksnstumps]

One I had was still good, seeds not super dark but here's a pic

 

[SmallChunk]

The Whitney I had was awesome.....and the seeds were still white. I picked another three for eating and left two to get more mature. We'll see what those taste like soon!