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Keepers NurseryThe UK's largest range of fruit trees

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Crab apple trees

Crab apples trees produce abundant blossom over a long period. As a result they are often planted for their ornamental value or as pollinators. The fruit is small and usually very sharp. Crab apples produce excellent jelly because of their acidity and high pectin content.

1Butterball
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Available £25.00
Produces white blossom and masses of golden yellow fruit which cause branches to hang.
2Dolgo
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An early ripening bright crimson crab apple with red flesh which makes excellent a red jelly.
3John Downie
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Available £25.00 to £39.50
One of the most popular crab apple for jelly making. It produces an orange coloured jelly.
4Roberts Red
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5Wickson Crab
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An unusually sweet sharp crab apple from Northern California good for cider making.
6Wisley Crab
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Red leaves and deep pink blossom in the spring. Large small apple-sized pink fleshed crab apples.
7Young America
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Attractive large bright red flushed crab apple.

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