Southern Indiana crabapple trees help

[iceman10]

I have some crabapple trees on my property in southern Indiana . They were planted back in the 1942 & they produce green crabapples . I want to get more of these as they have great production . I’m just not sure what they are called & where to buy them, can anyone point me in the right direction, the apples get about 2” in size . Also what other types would work in my zone , I believe it’s zone 5.


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[White Oak]

I'm not sure what you are asking, are you just trying to buy more trees that are the same ? If so a picture of the tree and fruit would help.

IF you really want identical tees you need to buy rootstock , and graft scion ( a young shoot or twig) from your 1942 trees onto the rootstock.

 

[iceman10]

Yes I was hoping to buy more of them & other types. I have some cuttings to start , but was hoping to find some established mature trees as well. I will take a picture of one to post when I get outta my turkey blind . I’m actually in zone 6 .


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[White Oak]

Yes I was hoping to buy more of them & other types. I have some cuttings to start , but was hoping to find some established mature trees as well. I will take a picture of one to post when I get outta my turkey blind . I’m actually in zone 6 .


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If those trees are that good , grafting is the Way to go. I'm not sure about "mature trees" but places Like Blue Hill, Whitetail Crabs , Mid West Deer Trees sell some of the best Wildlife trees that are 3 foot to close to 6 foot depending on the growing season or if you buy 2 year old trees. Just check to see if each variety is rated for your zone.

 

[Lucky_P]

My guess... they're some of the native crab species - Malus coronaria, M.ioensis, M. angustifolia, etc.
You can harvest seed from the fruits and grow your own, or some of the wildlife-focused nurseries mentioned above may offer them.
My dad had an orchard of those native crabs, back home in AL, that he'd put together, digging and planting root suckers from productive crabs he'd encountered around east AL.
I have a big 30+ yr old tree here, that was a root sucker from his best. I dug a sucker that had popped up about 30 ft from the trunk earlier this week and potted it up for transplant somewhere else this fall.
I have taken scions from the mother tree and grafted them onto volunteer crabapple seedlings, and onto M27 (it's what I have suckering here) rootstock.

 

[iceman10]

Here is the tree I am talking about. I have some cuttings to start . II have 4 of these on my property.


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[bigboreblr]

pomiferious website is about the most extensive apple species site I have seen. Grafting them onto rootstock will only set you back a year or two vs buying trees if you can find them.

thought indiana was a warmer zone than 5.

Tons of great trees out there, tough to pick a few. On here sudance, goldrush, enterprise, liberty, kerr, and galarina are popular eating varieties that produce apples a bit later than the average apple. Some are october some are even later into november.

 

[homerj]

Here is the tree I am talking about. I have some cuttings to start . II have 4 of these on my property.


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I'd like to see a close up pic or two of the leaves, bark, and blossoms. The leaves I do see look more like pear than apple