Midwest is also known as Malus ioensis, Iowa crabapple, PrairieAll the native crabs, like M.ioensis, M.coronaria, M.angustifolia, etc. that I've had dealings with, including 'Bechtel', which is, if I recall correctly, a named selection of M.ioensis, have small - 1" to 1/5" green, hard, sour/astringent fruits - usually heavily festooned with sooty blotch and flyspeck. My dad loved to eat them, but most folks would find them not to their liking, and probably wouldn't even classify them as edible. I've got one selection that my dad came across which may be a hybrid with domestic apple - fruits are quite a bit larger - 2-2.5", but still hard, green, sour/astringent.
Crabapple. It looks like it's a 'class' of crabapple highly susceptible
to scab and cedar-apple rust, unique group, double flowering, strongly
fragrant, late bloomers ... no mention of fruit or size of fruit.
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