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[nafex] Can apple hybridize (freely) with crab-apple?

From: Steven Covacci <filtertitle@aol.com>
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [nafex] Can apple hybridize (freely) with crab-apple?
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:04:33 -0500 (EST)

Can apple hybridize (freely) with native crab-apple (i.e. Malus ioensis,
etc.) - one is 2x and the other is 3x.
I'm certain people say that crab-apples are used to pollinate their apples;
maybe they are referring to exotic species of crab-apples - that they have
the same ploidy profile?
Thanks,
Steve - NJ

[nafex] Can apple hybridize (freely) with crab-apple?, Steven Covacci, 02/26/2012