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  • From: Prunier <prunefam1@verizon.net>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Suggestions for crabapples for birds?
  • Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:47:07 -0500

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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