sandbur
5 year old buck +
Trees grown from seed collected in 2008 from the same wild tree.
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Crabapple Varieties & guys' comments / input
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Turkey Creek
5 year old buck +
I agree that large diameter scions tend to have a growth advantage over thinner ones. However, some varieties are slower growers than others and just naturally have thinner diameter.
sandbur
5 year old buck +
I have Morse Bunches Red and Bunches Yellow. They do not seem to be completely hardy in zone 3B.
The seedling crabs are performing just as well as the Bunches.
Other crabs that are not producing are centennial on B118. Trailman and Violi's hanging crab on ant. from sln. Also various wild crabs on B118 and dolgo.
The seedling crabs are performing just as well as the Bunches.
Other crabs that are not producing are centennial on B118. Trailman and Violi's hanging crab on ant. from sln. Also various wild crabs on B118 and dolgo.
aerospacefarmer
5 year old buck +
Anaros is an awesome crab as well and is ripe now and great pollinator and would be great for jelly and cider I believe
aerospacefarmer
5 year old buck +
I can send more. They were loaded this year and I ate 2 today. Tangy and tart but mmmmm good
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
I had to drive up to camp this morning. ( Monday ) 3 of us planted another food plot and I did a bunch of mowing around our outer fringe apples and crabs. I have to tell you guys - I tried a Centennial crab & man was it good !!! I also tried an apple from a tree that's been in ground for 15 years or so and never produced fruit until this year and it's LOADED. I have no idea what it is, a crab ( I believe it is ) or a small apple. It's 1 1/2" diameter, greenish with red blush and some striping. Nobody seems to remember who planted it or what it is. The apple was sweet & tart with a slight tang like cider. Tree is polluted with ( crab ?? ) apples and deer already have the grass beaten down from traffic around it.
Greyphase posted a pic of his All-Winter-Hanover crab on Ant. from SLN at post #5. We planted our first one ( also on Ant. ) in 2013 as well and it's probably our best looking crab tree. Like Grey said, no bugs, no disease and it produced about 40 apples this year. I snipped most of them off to grow the tree, but left about 10 or 12 on it to see how they finish up and hang. It was a 7/16" whip and it's now 8 1/2 ft. tall and is up to 1 1/2" caliper. It's well branched too. I planted a second A.W.H. this spring because the first one was kicking butt. Glad I got it in !!! :) Our A.W.H. crabapples are still more green than Grey's but are showing some red coming on.
Greyphase posted a pic of his All-Winter-Hanover crab on Ant. from SLN at post #5. We planted our first one ( also on Ant. ) in 2013 as well and it's probably our best looking crab tree. Like Grey said, no bugs, no disease and it produced about 40 apples this year. I snipped most of them off to grow the tree, but left about 10 or 12 on it to see how they finish up and hang. It was a 7/16" whip and it's now 8 1/2 ft. tall and is up to 1 1/2" caliper. It's well branched too. I planted a second A.W.H. this spring because the first one was kicking butt. Glad I got it in !!! :) Our A.W.H. crabapples are still more green than Grey's but are showing some red coming on.
sandbur
5 year old buck +
I'll bet you remember the year better than me.
Thanks for delivering it.
chickenlittle
5 year old buck +
In the Project W thread, I posted photos, links, and descriptions of crabs I ordered from the USDA GRIN. These are all rated for fireblight resistance. I was interested in later ripening varieties.I was not looking for ones that hang deep into winter.
Turkey Creek
5 year old buck +
Hey Sandbur are any of those named? I would like to put an image to the "dog" series crabs.
sandbur
5 year old buck +
sandbur
5 year old buck +
Big Dog is loaded this year. I have also called it the Garden crab. The colors are just beginning to show. I'll get a picture a bit later. It drops a 2 inch crab from about the 3rd week of October into January or later.
sandbur
5 year old buck +
Here are a couple more neglected trees from Grandma's seed collections of 25 plus year's ago. They are down in the reed canary/tag alders and about all I do is cut off water sprouts and crossing limbs that I can reach, throw pel lime at them, and add a few fruit tree spikes.
sandbur
5 year old buck +
I also had to add a fence post to this tree and tie it up s it was tipping over from the apple load. I also shook some apples off of it.
sandbur
5 year old buck +
Turkey Creek
5 year old buck +
That is a pretty tree. Looks like some Dolgo in the bloodline.
