Applecrab? Not a word you hear too often. The best way to describe an apple crab would be to be the hybrid between an apple and a crab apple. This combination often makes a hardier cross and is typically well suited for colder climates, and the fruit size usually is around 2 inches. When this combination comes together, you get a larger fruit than a crabapple yet produces as heavily as a crabapple. You get the best of both worlds. The taste can be every bit as good or even better than most modern apples sold in today’s commercial world. These combinations with good disease resistance make for what many would consider the best apples to plant for wildlife today, especially the Whitetail deer. Most would look at an apple crab and think, well, that’s an apple, and while they very well might be right to an extent, the tree’s ability to produce such an abundant crop of 2” fruit is what sets it apart above planting a regular apple tree for deer or any wildlife.
APPLECRAB TREES WE HAVE AVAILABLE
These trees are unique cultivars. Trees are specially selected for their characteristics and then propagated from new vegetative growth taken from the original tree (essentially giving you a clone of the original tree). In this case, we select characteristics that produce traits that we find most beneficial for feeding and attracting the Whitetail deer.
We all want characteristics such as consistent and abundant fruit production, drop lengths, and specific drop times. Durations that correspond with our habitat management needs, sweet and palatable fruit, and a tree with enough built-in disease and insect resistance regularly produce large fruit crops without the chemical spraying required for most standard apple trees.
Blue Hill Wildlife Nursery strives to provide you with the best tree possible.
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