Our Grafted Crab apple trees for sale have all sold out for the season and will be available again on September 26th, 2022. The trees ship the following spring on a date you select at check out. Our wild Crab apple tree seedlings are still available for sale and shipping this spring.
To create the best crabapple trees for sale for deer. I have located, observed, and sorted through 1000’s wild crabapples with one thing in mind, attracting and holding whitetail deer! My observations focused on many traits of crabapples. These include early production, heavy fruit production, disease resistance, vigorous growth, and extended bloom times. They have dependable fruit production, particular drop times, good taste, and, most important, deer usage! I began grafting the trees (genetic clone) that I wanted to bring back to my properties.
If I concentrated a preferred soft mast when no one else has any, I knew I could attract and hold many deer on my property. This is done by having trees that consistently produce every year, providing early and late dropping fruit. You see, an apple tree is not just an apple tree. The bare-root crabapple trees for sale here will give you a huge advantage by providing consistent annual crops, its in there DNA. They will produce even in years when regular size apples are not abundant in your surrounding area. The crabapple trees for sale came about with only one thing in mind….Whitetail Deer!
You will see a lot of newly named cultivars of crabapple trees.
That’s because these are new trees to the whitetail world. Many of these new crabapple trees have been found by me or have come from another wildlife enthusiast like myself. One thing is for sure with all these grafted cultivars coming together for sale at one location makes this hands down the best selection of bare-root crabapple trees for sale anywhere. We all know when planting for whitetails, diversity is best. Even in planting just apple trees, there is a lot of diversity in varieties and many variables to consider. Grafted crabapples are king when buying and planting apple trees for deer.
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This grafted tree is the prolific crabapple called Acorn Pippin. It produces a large 1.5" acorn shaped crabapple, the prolific means it produces both heavily and annually. The fruit ripens and falls from the tree through out October into November.
The fruit almost has a tropical flavor with a unique bitterness, yet highly edible for fresh eating. Acorn pippin is a dual purpose tree, it is a great tree for making cider and because of its high degree of disease resistance and heavy fruit production makes it an exceptional tree for wildlife. Acorn pippin is resistant to apple scab, Fireblight and powdery mildew but is susceptible to Cedar Apple Rust. This tree originates from Franklin County, in Heath, MA. in Plant Hardiness zone 5a. Acorn Pippin will reach a mature height of 20'+.
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This Grafted crabapple produces a 1 1/2'' crabapple with long weeping branches hanging very full of crabapples annually. In a no spray situation I have seen strong resistance to all 4 common apple tree diseases. To Include no apple scab, CAR, powdery mildew and fireblight. Dropping through the month of August it is the perfect tree to start bringing deer into your orchard to establish their feeding pattern. Here in Pennsylvania it contiues to drop a lot of fruit well into September. You will notice these apples disappear from the ground very fast. August Appricot is a good crab with a good taste. This tree will begin bearing fruit in as little 1 to 2 year depending on site selection and soil fertility. August Apricot will have a mature height of 20'+. Plant Hardiness zones 5-8
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This Grafted applecrab tree is a very heavy spur producing tree with good disease resistance that shows strong signs of resistance to cedar apple rust, apple scab, powdery mildew and fireblight in a no spray situation. The Big Dog Crab will begin dropping in mid-October and will continue into mid-January. The tree is partially self-fertile and produces a large array of blooms in the spring. It is not unusual to see Big Dog put off flowers the 1st year when planting it. Big Dog is very precocious when grafted onto dolgo roots. This tree is very productive, producing abundant crops of 2'' crabapples. This applecrab is late dropping and one very impressive tree but you can easily see that from the pictures. The Vigor in the tree is average, everything else in this tree is exceptional. Big dog will reach a mature height of 20'+. Plant Hardiness Zones 3-7. For a video of Big Dog Crab click here.
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This grafted crabapple is very cold hardy and productive. It produces a very large 2” AppleCrab that tastes very close to a Dolgo crabapple. This crabapple will be dropping free from the tree from October through winter, and will even keep a few apples on into March. The Buckman Crab produced heavily following a winter that had a low of - 41 degrees. This late dropping crabapple as shown good resistance to apple scab, powdery mildew, fireblight and especially cedar apple rust in a no spray situation. Mature height will be 20'+. Plant Hardiness Zones 3-6. For a video of the Buckman Crabapple click here.
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A grafted crabapple that is a commercial variety, widely grown as an ornamental tree, that has made its way into wildlife plantings for good reason. This tree produces a 1’’ sweet edible crabapple that holds tight to the tree that drops free as colder weather sets in typically in October/November. You may say one inch sounds kind of small but think about how many 1'' acorns a deer can eat. Now picture them actually being a sweet soft mast. attractive to deer? yes! This tree produces consistent annual crops of crabapples. Callaway has resistance to most all common apple tree diseases with the exception that it only has moderate resistance to Cedar apple rust and quince rust in a no spray situation. This tree will reach a mature height of 20'+. Plant Hardiness Zones 5-8
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This grafted crabapple has excellent disease resistance and is cold hardy down to Zone 3. It produces a slightly tart/spice apple that is very good tasting and is 1 ½” in size. Dolgo crabapple is very precocious and will bear fruit at a very young age. This Dolgo Crabapple begins dropping a few apples in late August and continues through the month of September and has some hanging in trough the month of October. Dolgo shows extreme vigor when grafted back onto a seedling of itself. In a no spray situation I have seen resistance to all common apple tree disease. I have seen no apple scab, cedar apple rust, powdery mildew or fireblight. This tree will reach a mature height of 20'+. Plant Hardiness Zones 3 - 8
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This grafted crabapple tree is becoming quite popular for its late drop and consistent annual crops. Golden Hornet is a commercial variety typically grown as an ornamental crab apple. These 1 1/2’’ very edible crabapples fall at a very good time, varies by location, but typically starts dropping at a fast rate after the first few frosts in mid to late October. Golden Hornet will retain a good amount of apples and drop through into winter. This tree is self-fertile, an excellent pollinator with average disease resistance and is susceptible to Cedar Apple Rust. Golden Hornet will reach a mature height of 20'+. Plant Hardiness zones 4-7
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This grafted crabapple produces 1 ½’’ apples that looks and taste like a little Golden Delicious. The big difference is this tree begins bearing fruit heavily at a very young age. Grams Gift™ typically fruits the same year you plant it. Remove the fruit from this tree the first few years as it will debilitate growth as it always heavily sets an amazing amount of fruit on young trees. This Tree is Self fertile and one of the most productive trees I have ever came across. Grams Gift™ has excellent disease resistance, begins dropping in September, persists through October, and into November. In a no spray situation grams gift™ has excellent resistance to apple scab, cedar apple rust, powdery mildew and fireblight. Gram gift™ produces abundant annual crops of crabapples in clusters on 1-year old wood. Gram’s Gift™ produces heavy crops even during years of heavy insect pressure without being sprayed, as you can see the fruit in this picture is almost flawless. Don't let the name full you on this tree, this tree is one of my favorites and is a gift from my grandmother. This crabapple blooms for over a month, frost is not going to get this tree! Grams Gift™ will reach a mature height of 20'+. Plant Hardiness Zones 5-8
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This Grafted Kerr crabapple was introduced in 1952, a cross between the Dolgo and Harlson crab apples. This tree produces heavy crops of apples, making it one of the best crabapple trees for deer. Kerr crabapple is 1 ½’’ to 2’’ in size with a slightly tart but sweet taste that’s good for fresh eating. It is very cold hardy down to Zone 3 with excellent disease resistance to common apple tree diseases. In a no spray situation I'm seeing excellent resistance to cedar apple rust, good resistance to apple scab, powdery mildew and fireblight. This tree will begin dropping in October and continue to drop all fall with a few persisting on the tree through into winter. Kerr is one of the best crabapple tree options for deer that is sold commercially today. This tree will reach a mature height of 20'+. Plant Hardiness Zones 3-8.
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Lockdown Crab™ is a applecrab and is a new cultivar to the Wildlife Management World, actually new to the World and is a product of natural selection.
This grafted applecrab produces heavy crops of 2” fruit, and drops the major portion of its fruit during the month of November and a few continuing into December. When planted in an area that it blooms from mid to late May in the north, Lockdown Crab™ will ripen and begin to drop in late October with the main drop during that important mid November period. If your planting below the 40th parallel north I'm sure you will see this drop time shift and become a few weeks earlier as you go south of it.
This sweet applecrab is heavy bearing and an annual producer. It also shows resistance to C.A.R., Apple Scab, Powdery Mildew and Fireblight here in the Northeast.
Lockdown Crab™ has readily tolerated temperatures of -35 degrees making it well suited for Northern Climates. With all of its great qualities, Lockdown Crab ™ would be a beneficial component when looking for an enticing food source for wildlife north of the 40th latitude, at a time during that critical lockdown period. Lockdown Crab ™ will have a mature height of 20’+. Plant Hardiness Zone 4-7.
$18.00 – $31.00
This grafted tree produces a 1 1/2'' crabapple that begins bearing a lot of fruit at a very young age. This tree will typically begin bearing fruit the same year you plant it. October Crab™ has a very sweet taste, good disease resistance. In a no spray situation I have seen no fireblight, powdery mildew or cedar apple rust. I have seen some apple scab on the leaves but the fruit remains pretty clean in a no spray situation. It drops heavy crop loads at a heavy rate through the month of October and into November making this tree very desirable for bow seasons. The original October crab™ crabapple tree always has more deer sign under it compared to the many other wild apple trees in the same area. October Crab™ is a deer’s favorite! This picture was taken October 6th, at this time the tree was dropping just a very few apples in Central Pensylvania. You can see the fruit is near perfect without ever being sprayed. This is one of those trees that if you only planted one you will wish you had 10 in time. This crabapple is yet another tree that may not be immune to insect pest that commonly remove a lot apples prematurely but definitely shows strong signs of resistance, for video click here. October Crab™ crabapple will reach a mature height of 20'+. Plant Hardiness zones 5-8
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A grafted fast-growing tree with good disease resistance produces abundant annual crops of 1 ¾" crabapples that are good for eating out of hand and the deer. It is a highly vigorous tree and produces fruit annually. I have seen excellent resistance to cedar apple rust, fireblight, and powdery mildew in a no-spray situation. I have seen apple scab develop on leaves and fruit in a no-spray situation in years of excessive rain. Prime Time Crab will begin dropping in the last weeks of October and continue through November and December. This crabapple also is dropping a lot of fruit into December here in Pennsylvania and is one I wouldn't have a fruit orchard without this tree in it. It doesn't take but to look at my pictures of this tree, and you can see why I would not have an orchard with a few prime time crabs growing in it. For a video of a young Prime Time Crab, CLICK HERE. The tree is highly productive and provides a maximum draw at just a perfect time. This tree will reach a mature height of 20'+. Plant Hardiness zones 5-8
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