Ann,
My dad collected native crab selections – primarily M.angustifolia
and M.coronaria, from around east-central AL – small 1-1.5” hard,
green, exceedingly sour little things; they ‘ripened’(if you can
call it ripening) late, and fruits often would lie on the ground through the
winter, largely resistant to rotting, until all were consumed by deer, turkeys,
etc. But Dad also liked to eat them, and would usually have a 5-gallon
bucket of ‘em on the back porch, and would eat a half-dozen or so every
day. I have one grafted here that he found, which had much larger fruit –
probably in the 2+” range, as best I can recall(it’s not fruited
here yet) – makes me wonder if it might have originated from a cross with
some domestic apple variety.
Lucky
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[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of anne bianca
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 5:12 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] crab apples
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The crabapple tree I grew up with did produce very sour
apples, but I loved them and would collect them along with the Concord Grapes
- I can certainly associate with Dr. Pittman with regard to the memories of
belly aches as well!!
--- On Thu, 8/5/10, Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us> wrote:
From: Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] crab apples
To: "North American Fruit Explorers"
<nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Thursday, August 5, 2010, 2:23 PM
The ornamental crabs of my childhood, and those in my
backyard, taste terrible. They vary a great deal (the ones I have now
are all seedlings) but all are very bitter, most are dry, and none is very
sweet. They do taste like apple. But I wouldn't want to make
jelly out of them.
Ginda
On Aug 5, 2010, at 11:28 AM, anne bianca wrote:
Speaking of childhood memories of growing up with
crabapples, we had one with green fruit. I guess it was similar to a
Granny Smith because the fruit was larger than two inches. When I
look up crabapples, none of them seem to bear green apples. I really
don't think it was a Granny Smith. It grew on Long Island, NY, so it
did get pretty cold there.
Any ideas out there of what it could have been - I also
believe it was grown from seed or a seedling from Mastic Beach...a native
of some kind?
--- On Wed, 8/4/10, Dr. Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu> wrote:
From: Dr. Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] crab apples
To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Wednesday, August 4, 2010, 11:34 AM
Dolgo is good. Centennial and Kerr - both Dolgo
offspring - are good, both
for eating out of hand and making jelly - I made several pints recently
from
less-than perfect fruits of Centennial & Kerr, with some of the larger
red-fleshed(Geneva, Giant Russian, Almata, Winter Red Flesh) thrown in for
additional color, as well as some from a little Dolgo-type seedling that I
never got around to topworking.
Ran out of commercial pectin, but the last batch jelled just fine without
it; probably didn't even need it to start with.
Both of these varieties are larger than the typical ornamental crab fruits
-
1.5-2+ inches in diameter.
I've used 'ornamental' crabs for years. There were two huge old
rosybloom-type crabs at my childhood home that were great for crabapple
jelly - and as kids, we'd fill our pockets with those tart little morsels
and munch 'til we got a bellyache.
Lucky Pittman
Hopkinsville, KY
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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Ernest
Plutko
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 11:56 AM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] crab apples
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
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