To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] crab apples
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 17:46:36 -0400
On Aug 4, 2010, at 12:44 PM, Deb S wrote:
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.
You might want to check that the city hasn't sprayed them with
anything that's only supposed to go on ornamentals and not on edibles
-- they may not be thinking of them as edible fruit.
-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale