To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] crab apples
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:17:03 -0600
At 10:56 AM 2/5/2007, E.Roland wrote:
The most delicious crab apple I've sampled, from anywhere in the
world, is called 'Kerr'. It tastes like a Gewurtztraminer wine - or
somewhere between champagne and a Moscato... incredible.
Kerr is DolgoXHaralson, and I'll agree, it's pretty tasty. Pretty
little red-over-yellow apples with crisp tart white flesh. It is
available commercially - I got mine a dozen years or more ago, from
Northwoods Nursery, or whatever it was that has since become One
Green World, and I'm pretty sure Kuffel Creek Nursery also offers
it. I made some Kerr jelly last summer, and it was fantastic.
Centennial crab (DolgoXWealthy) is another tasty little apple-crab
that's well worth planting; fruits are a little larger than Kerr, a
little sweeter, but less aromatic.