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[John Bunker <jbunker@gwi.net>]

> John,
> 
> One problem with Fiala's book is that he doesn't give bloom time.
> 
> Another things that I'm not sure of is: are the pretty ornamental crabapples
> triploid, and therefore no good as pollenizers?
> 
> i.e. if you have a beautiful crabapple tree that produces no fruit, is the
> pollen fertile?
> 
> Derry


Derry,

Fiala is pretty good about detailing any known parentage of crab varieties.
Prince Georges he does call "probably a sterile hybrid."  There are many
varieties however that are certainly not sterile.

John