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Chestnut
It usually has a partially russeted skin and hangs well on the tree. The fruit quality holds well on the tree, being quite spritely at first and becoming sweeter later on. The Chestnut Crabapple blooms in early to mid-May. A very hardy plant with a medium storage life. An excellent pollinator for other fruit apples. Outstanding flavor and good texture for fresh eating as well as being a pollinator. It is a very productive annual bearer, and is loaded with white blooms in the bloom stage. It produces a very large crabapple, up to 2" in diameter that ripens in early September. It has a pleasant nut-like flavor. ... find out more
Prairifire The tree form is upright, spreading, and becoming eventually round at maturity. This red leafed tree has very attractive mahogany colored bark and persistent ornamental fruit. The Prairifire™Crimson Crabapple tree, 'Malus 'Prairiefire', produces gorgeous buds followed by long-lasting, single, hot pink blossoms. It is probably the most disease resistant of all crabapple selections. The new foliage is reddish-maroon, aging to reddish-green. The purple-red fruits are first to be noticed in late June and hang through early December. The Prairifire is highly resistant to fireblight, scab, cedar apple rust and powdery mildew. The firm fruits age to a cherry red. |
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