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["Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>]

Dolgo crab is excellent.  Municipal plantings are probably trees for
spring flowers.  These crab apples are often bitter.  Taste them to
see if they are sweet.

---- Original Message ----
From: debs913@gmail.com
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: RE: [NAFEX] crab apples
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 12:44:18 -0400

>I want to make crab apple jelly this year and was wondering if using
>apples
>picked from municipal plantings would work?  Most of the apples are
>small
>_1-1/2 inch diameter.
>
>I'd like to plant a crab apple tree for jelly also...any suggestions
>of
>varieties that are particularly disease resistant and good for clay
>soils in
>SE Ohio (zone 6)
>
>Thanks!
>
>deb