This Crabapple was planted occasionally in the Chicago area in the 1970's and later as an ornamental, not a fruit tree. The relatively la...Read Morerge purplish-red crabapples, for an East Asian Crabapple, are on the tree only in late summer and early fall. (The few species of American Crabapples bear larger yellowish-green crabapples about 1.5" in diameter.) I just saw one of these crabapples in an industrial-office park in southeast PA.
Minneapolis, MN (Zone 4b) | August 2014 | positive
We had this crabapple on the family farm when I was growing up in Minnesota, and my husband and I planted one at our house in Minneapol...Read Moreis more than 35 years ago. It blooms beautifully every spring and bears large, dark red crabapples in late August or early September. We had a huge crop this year and have been canning jelly, crabapple butter and applesauce. Even without extra sugar, the sauce is very tasty. (I like tart applesauce.) The jelly is a gorgeous ruby-red. The tree seems sturdy and disease - resistant.
The only negative thing is that we must net our tree once the fruit sets; otherwise the Japanese beetles will destroy all fruit.
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It is highly fragrant and the apples are much larger than most other crabs.
This Crabapple was planted occasionally in the Chicago area in the 1970's and later as an ornamental, not a fruit tree. The relatively la...Read More
We had this crabapple on the family farm when I was growing up in Minnesota, and my husband and I planted one at our house in Minneapol...Read More
The only negative thing is that we must net our tree once the fruit sets; otherwise the Japanese beetles will destroy all fruit.
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