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Pond Crabapple Tree
Pond Crabapple Tree
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Pond Crab is a bright red Alberta applecrab introduced by Konrad Ilg. Crisp fruit has a spicy sweet tart flavour and is useful for cider. It is slightly larger than Trailman, measuring about 1.75 to 2 inches across, and ripens in September at about the same time.
Cold Hardiness Zone: 3
Cold hardinessZone 3 · Canadian maps for this plant
Zone 3 and warmer
The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.
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Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.
Open Government Licence – CanadaPollination
Apples need pollen from a different apple or crabapple to set fruit. A second variety in your yard will do it, and so will a neighbour's apple or fruiting crabapple. Double flowered ornamental crabapples make no pollen and do not count.