[NAFEX] Suggestions for crabapples for birds?

Ed Fackler ed.fackler at gmail.com
Wed Jan 2 12:17:02 EST 2008


Tom:

     Silver Drift and Bob White are both excellent for birds and both are
extremely  disease resistant.

ed

On Jan 2, 2008 12:07 PM, waayupnorth <waayupnorth at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have four flowering crabs in my yard.  I was thinking about removing all
> of
> them because they could support disease and insect pests that I don't want
> to spread into my orchard.  But back in December a sharptail grouse or
> similar bird was in one of the crab trees feeding on the fruit, and again
> this morning probably that same bird is feeding on that same tree.
> So at least one of the flowering crabs will be spared.
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Prunier <prunefam1 at verizon.net>
> To: nafex at lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Tuesday, January 1, 2008 7:47:07 PM
> Subject: [NAFEX] Suggestions for crabapples for birds?
>
> Here is my first post to the list - I'm looking for recommendations for
> a flowering crab that birds like in the winter.  About 30 years ago I
> saw crabapples trimmed into low hedges at an Air Force Base that I
> visited I believe in MO.  It was early winter and the robin flocks were
> plucking fruit off the bushes like nobody's business.  I picked a few
> and they were like candy.  Never got to find out what variety they
> were.  The fruit was a little bigger than a marble.  I'll be moving to
> southern VT not too high in the hills next fall (900 ft elevation) and
> would like to include crabapples in the mix for the birds.  Any
> suggestions?  Thanks, Tom Prunier  (Great name for a fruit lover, Eh?)
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