Crab Apples
© Copyright 2010. Do not copy. All rights reserved and enforced.Originally, all apple trees were Crab Apple trees, producing small, sour fruit. Over the millennia, we have used selective breeding to produce the large, sweet apples that we now have. Anything over two inches (5 cm) is an "apple." Anything under two inches is a "Crab Apple." Crab Apples may be as small as 1/4 of an inch (1/2 a cm) -- smaller than some berries!
Though Crab Apples can be red, green or yellow, all are very sour. Some are used for jam and jelly making; some are used for cider and Crab Apple wine; some, such as Snowdrift Crab Apples, are so small and fiddly they are best left on the tree for our feathered friends.
Good jelly can be made from Adams, Centennial, Chestnut, Montreal Beauty, Robinson, and Transcendent Crab Apples. Doglo Crabs make a good applesauce and a ruby-red jelly. Hyslops make a deep, orange coloured jelly.
Varieties include Adams, Almey, Centennial, Chestnut, Dolgo, Hyslop, Katherine, Montreal Beauty, Professor Sprenger, Profusion, Radian, Robinson, Royalty, Snowdrift, Transcendent, Van Eseltine and White Angel.
Other entries for: Crab Apples
Adirondack Crab Apples, Anaros Crab Apples, Atalanta Apples, Bedford Crab Apples, Chipman Crab Apples, Dawn Crab Apples, Florence Crab Apples, Geneva Crab Apples, Hyslop Crab Apples, Montreal Beauty Crab Apples, Nelson County Crab Apples, Osman Crab Apples, Quality Crab Apples, Siberian Crab Apples, Trail Crab Apples, Transcendent Crab Apples, Wickson Crab Apples, Yellow Siberian Crab Apples
Other entries for: Apples
Applecrabs, British Apples, Cider Apples, Cooking Apples, Fresh-Eating Apples, Juice Apples, Pie Apples, Russet Apples, Salad Apples, Sauce Apples, Smith's Cider Apples
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