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["dwalsh/wchase" <wchase@interchange.ubc.ca>]

Lucky,

Fr Fiala "Ornamental Crabapples" says is 'Wickson is an apple not a crabapple.
Subject to moderate scab.

He says there's an example at Holden Arboretum and another at Michigan State U
Beaumont Nursery

Crawford "Directory of Apple Cultivars" lists it as a crabapple ripening 
Sept-Oct,
doesn't store, very resistant to CAR, crabapple= very small, oblong, yellow &
brilliant red, flesh very sweet, juicy, used for cooking and cider, high 
vigour,
heavy cropper, Newtown Pippin x Esopus Spitzenburg, origin California.

The International Ornamental Crabapple Society operates out of Holden 
Arboretum
and one contact person is Peter Bristol pbristol@holdenarb.org

Hope this helps,

Derry

Derry Walsh & Bill Chase  email:  wchase@interchange.ubc.ca
Aldergrove,  B. C.,  Canada
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----- Original Message ----- : dozen fruit from the outset - one of only 2 or 
3


: On another note, the tree I purchased as a "Wickson Crab" from Bear Creek
: several years ago managed to set and hold a few apples, but they were NOT
: anything like what I'd expect a 'crab' to be - actually a fairly large
: apple, yellow with a red cheek.  Flavor nothing to hoot about, and rapidly
: became mealy, almost like a Yellow Transparent(It's not YT or Lodi,
: though).  Makes me think that one was mis-labeled.  Does anyone in the
: group have Wickson, and if so, can you give a description of the fruit?
: Lucky Pittman
: USDA Zone 6
: Hopkinsville, KY



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