Kerr Applecrabs

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Kerr Applecrabs grow to be 1 3/4 inches (4 cm) wide.

They have yellow skin flushed with crimson red, and dusted with a bluish tinge.

Inside, they have yellow, crisp, firm, juicy flesh tinged with red. The taste -- tart with a bit of sweet to it -- improves in storage, particularly by Christmas. Many people don't like the flavour when it is first picked, in fact.

The fruit ripens late September / early October.

Cooking Tips
Good for cooking, canning, juicing and in jelly. Holds its shape when canned whole.

Best after some storage for fresh-eating.

Storage
Stores for up to 27 weeks.

History
Kerr Applecrabs were developed from a cross between Dolgo Applecrabs and Haralson apples at Agriculture Canada's Morden Research Station in Morden, Manitoba. Released 1952.

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