Product Description
$18.00 – $29.00
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.
Get an alert when the product is in stock:
Description
This grafted crabapple tree is among the best crabapples for deer in Plant hardiness zone 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. Big Dog produces a 2’’ crabapple very similar in size to the Chestnut crabapple. The Big Dog Crab comes to us from another whitetail enthusiast like myself, Mr. Art Reuck from Central Minnesota. This late dropping crabapple 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 crabapple will begin dropping in mid-October and will continue into mid-January. This tree is cold hardy into Zone 3 and has seen -41 degrees in zone 4. Hardiness zones 3 – 8
The Big Dog Crab is made by using plant tissue from the original tree and attaching it to the new roots. This essentially is giving you an identical tree, of the one you see in the picture and description.
TREE SIZE
2-3′ ( 3/8” dia.) These trees will have a good root system. They will be whips around 3′ high with a trunk diameter of 3/8”.
3-5′ ( 1/2” dia.) These trees will have a good root system with some possible branching but will mainly be whips. They will range in height between 3′ to 5′ with a trunk diameter of around a 1/2”.
4-6′ (+ 1/2” dia.) These trees will have an extensive root system and typically having multiple branches but many will be solid whips. They will range in height between 4′ and 6′ with a trunk diameter of 1/2” to 3/4”.
BIG DOG CRAB IS GRAFTED ONTO STANDARD ROOTSTOCK
MALUS DOLGO
The Rootstock that Big Dog Crab is grafted to is extremely cold hardy and vigorous. This Rootstock is an excellent choice for wildlife trees, because it produces a full size 20’ to 30’ tree. Producing a full size tree for wildlife mean much more fruit on a given tree. Malus Dolgo rootstock will develop deep ”Real roots” making it extremely well anchored, penetrating well into the sub soil pulling up lost nutrients and therefore making Malus Doglo rootstock very drought tolerant. Making Malus Dolgo an all around great rootstock for wildlife plantings.
This standard size rootstock is adaptable to many soil types and conditions. Especially when planting in less desirable locations. Therefore, with its full vigor can be used in areas that were at one time wooded areas and are now food plots, reclaimed land, shale mountain soil, dryer uplands and ridges. Malus Dolgo rootstock will also perform very well in improved soil in an orchard style setting. We are only grafting onto the most vigorous Malus Dolgo roots grown in a given year. When grafting onto the top 30% of seedlings grown you get a rootstock that is about 40% more vigorous tree than many clonal stocks that are used for wildlife trees today. Malus dolgo is a crabapple rootstock and is very precosious with many trees producing very quickly. Making Malus Dolgo an all around great rootstock for wildlife plantings.
PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR BIG DOG CRABAPPLE
Plant at least 2 different apple or crabapple varieties within close proximity to each other for pollination. Grams Gift crabapple makes an excellent pollinator for both standard size apples and crabapples. Plant all apples and crabapples in moist, well drained soil with a soil pH between 5.8 – 7 with adequate nutrient levels for optimal growth.
If you have not completed a soil test click here and improved your soil I would highly recommend doing so. However, if you are not going to I would recommend mixing 1 ounce for every 3 sq ft of 0-20-20 granular fertilizer in your soil at the time of planting. The first number tells you percentage of nitrogen contained in the fertilizer. Nitrogen applied directly to the roots of the tree will cause death to your tree, make sure the first number is zero.
Nitrogen is very mobile in the soil and you can apply a small of nitrogen the following year. The 2nd and 3rd numbers are Phosphorus and Potassium. Apply these two nutrients at or well before the time of planting, because they are basically immobile in the soil, they will need mixed in through the soil. We recommend completing a soil test and making amendments for best results. We recommend applying 1 lb of 10-10-10 for every inch in diameter your tree is. This should be applied in the spring the following year and each year after planting.
Big Dog crabapple requires a minimum of 6 hours of sunlight for growth and fruit production. Space trees 20′ apart and use cages of at least 5’ to protect your trees. This will ensure your deer eat your fruit in a few years and not your trees this year.
SHIPPING/PICK UP
Shipping to Plant Hardiness zones 6 – 8 (southern states) Fall shipping will be the last Monday in November. Spring shipping will begin again in mid-March on Mondays as temperatures in my area allow.
Shipping to Plant Hardiness zones 3 – 5 (northern states) we will generally ship on Mondays through out the month April as your weather allows for planting.
Dormant bare root trees are to be planted in the fall or spring while trees in your area are still dormant. You can select your ship date at check out. If you are picking up your trees, typically the first week in April is perfect for planting in Pennsylvania. Please Call or message me to make an appointment to pick your trees up.
For More Information Visit:
Additional information
| Weight | 18 oz |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 58 × 2.30 × 2.30 in |
| Tree Size | 2-3' (3/8'' dia.), 3-5' (1/2'' dia.), 4-6' (+1/2'' dia.) |
Only logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review.
Returns: We have been shipping plants around the country for quite some time now. We provide healthy live plants. We take every effort to ensure that your plants are packed in a way that maintains that health as they arrive to you. We can not be responsible for how plants are handled when they leave our care or are handled by customers.
Tree care: If you plant your tree up on high dry ground they may need watered through the first summer, if you plant too low and wet your trees may drown. Be careful of the herbicide you may use around the tree (read the label). I want you and your trees to succeed but if you don't tube or cage them the deer will eat your tree that night.
Hours: We do not keep regular hours. If you would like to visit the nursery, just call, send a message or email. Anyone is more than welcome. On Orders that you selected to pick up your trees. Trees can be picked up in the spring as soon as you can dig in your soil. Trees need to be picked by the end of April.
Shipping: When buying grafted trees. They ship in two different sized boxes. 15 trees or less ship in a 60'' box. 15 to 30 trees are shipped in a 72'' box. Trees may need to be professionally pruned to fit in these boxes.
Trees will ship through UPS on Mondays. You will receive an email notification when your trees ship. When trees arrive, plant as soon as possible. If you cannot, it would be best to heal them into soil or store in a cool place not allowing roots to freeze but not allowing the trees to become warm.
If TreePro products are the only items you purchase then they will ship as soon as the order is received. You may have to select a ship date but I can assure you if you are just ordering tree tubes they will ship immediately. If TreePro products are purchased with trees, then they will ship with the trees.
Due to the cost of shipping there will be a minimum of 4 trees that have to be purchased in order for checkout to occur.
Related Products
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
$18.00 – $29.00
Select options 
This grafted tree produces heavy annual crops of 1 1/2’’ crabapples. This tree begins dropping the beginning of October with a steady drop of roughly 100 apples a day from what seems like an endless supply!! Sonofcal™ is always loaded with apples and deer sign under it! If you take a look all the way in the top of this tree, you can see apples on every branch except this years growth. When there’s that many apples on 1-year old wood, it’s a sure sign of a strong early producing tree!
This picture is from late Febuary and this tree was still holding a small fraction of the apple crop that it was carrying back in October and the flesh inside these crab apples was still intact and remained very palatable. The Sonofcal™ crab apples were still dropping consistently in mid February and keeping the “100 apples per day” pace that it did all season and the sign below it showed the appreciation from the deer in the area. This tree has good disease resistance leaves and fruit stay pretty clean. In a no spray situation, I have seen excellent resistance to cedar apple rust, also resistance to apple scab, powdery mildew and fireblight. Sonofcal™ will reach a mature height of 20'+. Plant Hardiness zones 5-8
$18.00 – $29.00
Select options 
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
$18.00 – $29.00
Select options 
This grafted crabapple tree is a heavy producer of 1 ½’’ apples with a complex flavor that’s very high in its sugar content. Wickson will begin dropping in October and continue well into November. It is a vigorous grower and a cold hardy northern crabapple. This tree has average to good resistance to common apple tree diseases but is susceptible to cedar apple rust. Wickson crabapple will reach a mature height of 20'+. Plant Hardiness zones 3 - 7
$18.00 – $29.00
Select options 
This grafted crabapple is a tree grows very upright, nicely spread, and exhibits good resistance to common apple tree diseases. In a no spray situation Trailman showed excellent resistance to apple scab and cedar apple rust. Trailman crabapple produces heavy annual crops of 2’’ applecrabs. It is an excellent tasting apple that drops free from the tree in mid-August. I would explain the tast as tropical with good texture. Simply a great apple to start that feeding pattern. Trailman crabapple will reach a mature height of 20'+. Plant Hardiness Zones 3-8.
$18.00 – $29.00
Select options 
This grafted crabapple tree is a vigorous grower, which produces a rather large apple that’s close to 2”. Whitney begins dropping in late August and can persist on the tree until late October. It is a very heavy producer, has good resistance to many common apple tree disease except for cedar apple rust. This tree will have a mature height 20'+. Whitney is also a very cold hardy making crabapple suitable for Hardiness Zones 3 – 9.
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
$18.00 – $29.00
Select options 
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.
$18.00 – $29.00
Select options 
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
$18.00 – $29.00
Select options 
The wild crabapple trees are grown from seed derived from Dolgo crabapples. They are not grafted trees. Therefore, each tree will be unique and one-of-a-kind new crabapple variety. If you click on the pictures, you will see many variations of fruit coming from dolgo seedlings. These trees will produce crabapples edible to grouse, turkeys, and deer. There will be many variations amongst each tree, such as fruit size, drop times, taste, disease resistance. Trees grown from malus dolgo will typically improve the disease resistance and produce many crab apples. For a short video on our Wild Crabapples, Click Here.
These will grow a 20'+ tall tree and do well in just about any soil type and condition. Planting Wild Crabapple Trees are a good choice for feathered field edges. These are great for habitat improvements in creating a food source for all wildlife. When grafting trees planted for wildlife, Malus Dolgo also makes an excellent rootstock, possibly the best rootstock. The Wild crabapples for sale are above the grade for rootstock. They are of bigger diameter and better rooted. These are not conservation-grade trees. These are pruned to 2'-3' with 3/8''+ in diameter and very well-rooted, or you can select 3' - 4' with the terminal bud attached. Suitable for plant hardiness zones 3 - 8.
Note: These Are Dolgo X Dolgo. You will see variations from the original Dolgo but variations that make significant habitat improvements! You can see in the pictures the different variations of fruit grown from Dolgo. These can be grown in tree tubes and when a tree of this vigor is to be magnified in mass plantings allows for something exceptional if you're looking for that crabapple thicket with fruit constantly dropping.
Spring Shipping Only/ Select Your Shipping Date at Checkout
For 2-3' only
Bulk Discount 20 trees $3.75 each
50+ trees $3.25 each.
$6.00 – $9.00
Select options 
This Grafted crabapple is a prolific tree meaning it bears heavily and annually. The Road Kill Crab™ is an exceptional tree, it is disease resistant, producing heavily on one year old wood, making for a tree with weeping branches loaded with crabapples. These 1 1/2" crabapples are spicy tart and very attractive to the whitetail deer. Road kill crab™ has extreme vigor and grows exceptionally fast. The original Road Kill crab™ tree has claimed a lot of deer as it hangs over the roadside. There is always Road kill deer laying on the road beneath the original Road Kill Crab™ tree. This tree earned its name and has proven to be an exceptional tree when looking to feed or attract deer as it drops fruit from late October well into December. Road Kill Crab™ is very precocious and generally bears fruit the same year as planting. This tree is self fertile and has extreme vigor among the cultivars grown here. In a no spray situation I have seen excellent resistance to apple scab, cedar apple rust, powdery mildew and fireblight. Mature height of Road kill Crab™ is 20'+. Plant Hardiness zones 4b-8.
$19.95 – $32.95
Select options 
Some trees can produce fruit each year as sure as the sun comes up tomorrow, and Turning Point™ is just one of those trees. This grafted apple crab produces heavy crops of giant crabs to 2"+ sweet apples annually that hold well to the tree and drop from Mid-October well on through winter. A good portion of this fruit will fall during Late October and into November for most of the country's northern half. If you're like me, you want your property to peak in November. I like that the Turning Point™ tree ripens unevenly and gives me a substantial drop during a pivotal point in buck movement in November here in the NorthEast. Turning point™ apple is a Late-season apple by the sheer fact that it produces so much that the drop continues well into winter. This apple tree shows strong resistance to C.A.R, Apple Scab, powdery mildew, and fireblight here in the Northeast.
Turning Point™ is a tree that does not ripen at the same time. A huge bonus! This tree will have deer looking for its sweet-tasting fruit in October as apples start falling. That dependable attraction will continue well into the winter months. Turning point™ is a tree that has already proven fantastic here in the north. I believe that this tree will prove itself to possibly be one of the best late-season apple trees to hit the south that has ever come along. I could write on and on about this tree, but it's easier for me to show you a video. Click Here to see the video.
Turning Point™ has readily seen temperatures of -35 degrees, making it well suited for Northern Climates With all of its great qualities, Turning Point™ is an essential Mid and late-season apple tree for providing a substantial food source for all wildlife, especially deer, even into the winter months Turning point™ apple will have a mature height of 20'+ Suitable for plant hardiness zones 4-7
$19.95 – $32.95
Select options 
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.
Candy Crab™ is a 2" applecrab with a complex flavor and finishes with a delightful sweetness. Once you eat one you will want more of these delicious fruits because of its crisp and exciting flavor. The fruit belongs in a grocery store not being planted for deer. It is the best apple I have ever had the pleasure to eat. You can see in my pictures this crab is heavily loaded as it is every year, yet still has a nice size to it.
This applecrab is also a product of natural selection by nature that has never been sprayed and is growing wild in North Western Pennsylvania in plant hardiness zone 5a. This tree fully ripens and is a heavy producer, it begins to drop about October 1st and continues to do so well into late November with just a constant steady pace here in Pennsylvania.
Candy Crab™ is one of among a few 1,000 wild crabs growing within the same vicinity of each other yet is exhibiting no signs of C.A.R, Scab, Powdery Mildew or Fireblight here in the Northeast and present in this area. During the polar vortex of 1994 Candy Crab would have experienced temperatures normally seen in plant hardiness zone 4a, and yet it is still standing here today, which makes this crab very suitable for zone 4b and maybe even below.
The name Candy Crab™ fits this new cultivar perfectly, and I see it being sold well beyond the use for wildlife. If you like to eat apples you would be crazy not to have a Candy Crab™ planted behind the house or on the way to your stand . Mature height will be 20+ . Plant Hardiness zones 4b -7.
Big Lou™ Crab is easily one of the most unusual and amazing trees that I have ever come across. This grafted tree is a heavy annual producer of a 2'' apple crab and that holds and drops a portion of its fruit during the months of late October, November, December and January here in Pennsylvania. Big Lou™ Crab drops the most fruit during the month of December and January but will also retain enough fruit that it will continue to drop well into February. For a video from January 17th, 2020 CLICK HERE.
Big Lou™ Crab has a taste that is very unusual, during the middle of winter it takes on a nutty yet pear like flavor. It’s easy to see from the pictures and the video of this tree that Big Lou is a Whitetail’s favorite treat in very late fall and in through winter. The fruit holds its integrity unlike any other fruit that I have ever seen even after being frozen and thawed many times. In the pictures of Big Lou's fruit you can see that the flesh of this fruit is still firm and intact in the middle of January. This tree is a must if you like to hunt Pennsylvania's late hunting season in January or many other states through out the Northeast or the Midwest. For a video of Big Lou™ on March 1st, 2021 CLICK HERE
The original tree resides in North Western Pennsylvania in plant hardiness zone 5a. Big Lou exhibits no sign of Apple Scab, C.A.R, Powdery Mildew or Fireblight here in the north. The original tree has seen sub zero temperature of -24 that would place its resilience well into plant hardiness zone 4. Plant Hardiness zones 4b - 7. Mature height of 20'+
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.