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Varieties
17 varieties
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Self-fertility
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- Crab apple trees
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Categories
Almonds
2
Apples
9
Early eating apples
1
Mid-season eating apples
2
Late eating apples
4
Cooking apples
1
Apricots
11
Cherries
10
Sweet cherries
8
Sour cherries
1
Cider apples
1
Crab apples
17
Damsons
7
Inter-specific trees
3
Mirabelles
1
Mulberries
4
Nectarines
3
Peaches
8
Pears
3
Dessert pears
3
Cooking pears
1
Plums
18
Eating plums
14
Cooking plums
4
Dual-purpose plums
9
Japanese plums
1
Quinces
1
Figs
3
Stock availability
All
17
In stock
0
Not in stock
17
Form
1-year
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2-year bush-trained
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
Espalier
Fan-trained
Mature size
Very small
Small
Medium
Large
Very large
Rootstocks
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
14
Average
3
Experienced
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
17
Partially self-fertile
Not self-fertile
Flowering group
?
1
2
4
3
7
4
4
5
2
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
16
Average
1
Poor
Fruit bearing
?
Spur-bearer
3
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
10
Mild damp climates
7
Warm climates
1
Using
Picking month
June
July
August
1
September
3
October
2
November
1
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
2
Mid
2
Late
10
Very late
4
Cropping
?
Heavy
6
Good
7
Light
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1 week
1
2-3 weeks
4
1-2 months
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
Culinary
13
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
Juice
1
Hard cider
1
Drying
Edible fruits
Flavour style (apples)
Sweet/Sharp
Sharper
Sweeter
Aromatic
Vinous
Cooking result
Puree
Textured puree
Keeps shape
Juice style
Sweeter
Sharper
1
Sweet (cider)
Sharp (cider)
Bittersweet (cider)
Bittersharp (cider)
Cling-stone
Freestone
Semi-freestone
Clingstone
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
7
Average
7
Poor
1
Scab
?
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
1
Very susceptible
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Mildew
?
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Bacterial canker
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Silverleaf
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Fruit splitting
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
1
Canada
Czech Republic
France
1
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
2
Norway
Russia
1
Slovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
7
United States
2
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
1850 - 1899
2
1900 - 1949
1
1950 - 1999
8
2000
Flowering month
March
April
3
May
2
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Pink / Red
1
Golden / Yellow
Dark red
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
5
Orange flush
Purple
1
Purple - light
Red
5
Red - dark
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Varigated
Yellow
4
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Fruit size
Small
Average
4
Large
3
Very large
1
Awards
RHS Award of Garden Merit
6
RHS Award of Merit
1
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
Varieties list
Crab apple trees
Admiration
Also known as Malus Adirondack. A dwarf upright crab-apple with masses of light-pink / white flowers.
Fruit colour: Red
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Butterball
Malus Butterball is named for its bright yellow fruits, which are also good for crab apple jelly.
Fruit colour: Yellow
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Comtesse de Paris
Comtesse de Paris can be considered as an improved Golden Hornet. It features the same white blossom and persistent yellow fruitlets, but grows with a better form.
Fruit colour: Yellow
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Evereste
Evereste is one of the most well-known crab-apples, featuring white blossom and red-yellow fruits.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Golden Gem
A traditional crab-apple featuring a mass of white blossom in spring, followed by yellow crab apples.
Fruit colour: Yellow
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Golden Hornet
Malus Golden Hornet is a traditional white blossom crab apple, with persistent yellow fruits.
Fruit colour: Yellow
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Gorgeous
Malus Gorgeous has pink/white blossom and spherical cherry-like red fruits which are good for jelly.
Fruit colour: Red
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Harry Baker
Malus Harry Baker is a popular crab-apple with deep pink flowers and dark red fruits which are very good for crab-apple jelly.
Fruit colour: Red
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Jelly King
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A compact crab apple, with unusually large persistent fruits - excellent for crab apple jelly.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
John Downie
John Downie is a traditional crab apple for making crab apple jelly. White blossom and orange-red fruits.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Laura
Malus Laura is a very upright dwarf crab-apple, with bronze leaves, crimson blossom and maroon fruitlets.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
NUVAR® Marble
A modern English crab-apple, with large fruits, ideal for early-season crab-apple jelly.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Pink Glow
Malus Dolgo, also known as Pink Glow, offers early-season white flowers and very attractive dark pink fruits. It is exceptionally cold-hardy.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Red Obelisk
Malus Red Obelisk is a compact upright crab-apple with white flowers, purple / green leaves, and red fruits.
Fruit colour: Red
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Red Sentinel
Malus Red Sentinel has classic white blossom and a profusion of tiny scarlet persistent fruits.
Fruit colour: Red
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Roberts Red
Roberts Red or Roberts Crab is an unusual red-fleshed crab-apple, with dark pink blossom, and purple fruits. Useful for cooking and produces a claret red colour juice
Fruit colour: Purple
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Rosehip
Malus Rosehip is notable for its large rosehip-shaped red fruits.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Self-fertility: Self-fertile