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| '''''Malus''''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|eɪ|l|ə|s}}<ref>''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607</ref> or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|æ|l|ə|s}}) is a ] of about 32–57 ]<ref>{{cite journal |title=A checklist of the subfamily Maloideae (Rosaceae)| journal=Can. J. Bot.| year=1990| volume=68 | pages=2209–2269 | doi=10.1139/b90-288 | issue=10 | last1=Phipps| first1=James B.| last2=Robertson| first2=Kenneth R.| last3=Smith| first3=Paul G.| last4=Rohrer |first4=Joseph R.}}</ref> of small ] ]s or ]s in the family ], including the domesticated orchard ], crab apples and ]s. | '''''Malus''''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|eɪ|l|ə|s}}<ref>''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607</ref> or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|æ|l|ə|s}}) is a ] of about 32–57 ]<ref>{{cite journal |title=A checklist of the subfamily Maloideae (Rosaceae)| journal=Can. J. Bot.| year=1990| volume=68 | pages=2209–2269 | doi=10.1139/b90-288 | issue=10 | last1=Phipps| first1=James B.| last2=Robertson| first2=Kenneth R.| last3=Smith| first3=Paul G.| last4=Rohrer |first4=Joseph R.}}</ref> of small ] ]s or ]s in the family ], including the domesticated orchard ], crab apples (sometimes known in North America as '''crabapples''') and ]s. | ||
| The genus is ] to the ] zone of the ]. | The genus is ] to the ] zone of the ]. | ||
| ==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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| Apple trees are typically {{convert|4|–|12|m|ft|abbr=off}} |
Apple trees are typically {{convert|4|–|12|m|ft|abbr=off}} tall at maturity, with a dense, twiggy crown. The ] are {{convert|3|–|10|cm|in|abbr=off|frac=4}} long, alternate, simple, with a serrated margin. The ]s are borne in ]s, and have five ]s, which may be white, pink, or red, and are ], with usually red stamens that produce copious ], and a ]; flowering occurs in the spring after 50–80 ]s (varying greatly according to subspecies and ]).{{cn|date=March 2023}} | ||
| Many apples require ] between individuals by ]s (typically ]s, which freely visit the flowers for both ] and ]); these are called self-sterile, so self-pollination is impossible, making pollinating insects essential.<ref>{{Cite web |last=coreyrametta |date=2019-06-11 |title=Are Apple Trees Self Pollinating? |url=https://coldhardyfruits.com/apple-trees/are-apple-trees-self-pollinating/ |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Cold Hardy Fruits |language=en-US}}</ref> | Many apples require ] between individuals by ]s (typically ]s, which freely visit the flowers for both ] and ]); these are called self-sterile, so self-pollination is impossible, making pollinating insects essential.<ref>{{Cite web |last=coreyrametta |date=2019-06-11 |title=Are Apple Trees Self Pollinating? |url=https://coldhardyfruits.com/apple-trees/are-apple-trees-self-pollinating/ |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Cold Hardy Fruits |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
| A number of cultivars are self-pollinating, such as 'Granny Smith' and 'Golden Delicious', but are considerably fewer in number compared to their cross-pollination dependent counterparts.{{cn|date=March 2023}} | A number of cultivars are self-pollinating, such as 'Granny Smith' and 'Golden Delicious', but are considerably fewer in number compared to their cross-pollination dependent counterparts.{{cn|date=March 2023}} | ||
| Several ''Malus'' species, including domestic apples, ] freely.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/facts/00-011.htm|title=Crabapple Pollenizers for Apples|publisher=Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food|author=Ken Wilson and D.C. Elfving|access-date=12 Sep 2013}}</ref> | Several ''Malus'' species, including domestic apples, ] freely.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/facts/00-011.htm|title=Crabapple Pollenizers for Apples|publisher=Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food|author=Ken Wilson and D.C. Elfving|access-date=12 Sep 2013}}</ref> | ||
| The ] is a globose ], varying in size from {{convert|1|–|4|cm|in|abbr=on|frac=4}} in diameter in most of the wild species, to {{convert|6|cm|in|abbr=on|frac=4}} in ''M. sylvestris sieversii'', {{convert|8|cm|in|abbr=on|frac=2}} in ''M. domestica'', and even larger in certain cultivated orchard apples. The centre of the fruit contains five ]s arranged star-like, each containing one or two ]s.{{cn|date=March 2023}} | The ] is a globose ], varying in size from {{convert|1|–|4|cm|in|abbr=on|frac=4}} in diameter in most of the wild species, to {{convert|6|cm|in|abbr=on|frac=4}} in ''M. sylvestris sieversii'', {{convert|8|cm|in|abbr=on|frac=2}} in ''M. domestica'', and even larger in certain cultivated orchard apples. The centre of the fruit contains five ]s arranged star-like, each containing one or two ]s.{{cn|date=March 2023}} | ||
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| == Subdivisions and species == | |||
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| ⚫ | 36 species and 4 hybrids are accepted.<ref name=powo/> The genus ''Malus'' is subdivided into eight sections (six, with two added in 2006 and 2008).{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} The oldest fossils of the genus date to the ] (]), which are leaves belonging to the species ''Malus collardii'' and ''Malus kingiensis'' from western North America (Idaho) and the ] (]), respectively.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Liu |first1= |
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| ⚫ | |Flowering crabapple in Washington DC.jpg|Crabapple blooms | ||
| ⚫ | |Apple blossom. Eastern Siberia.jpg|Eastern ] | ||
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| == Subdivision == | |||
| ⚫ | 36 species and 4 hybrids are accepted.<ref name=powo/> The genus ''Malus'' is subdivided into eight sections (six, with two added in 2006 and 2008).{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} The oldest fossils of the genus date to the ] (]), which are leaves belonging to the species ''Malus collardii'' and ''Malus kingiensis'' from western North America (Idaho) and the ] (]), respectively.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Liu |first1=Bin-Bin |last2=Ren |first2=Chen |last3=Kwak |first3=Myounghai |last4=Hodel |first4=Richard G.J. |last5=Xu |first5=Chao |last6=He |first6=Jian |last7=Zhou |first7=Wen-Bin |last8=Huang |first8=Chien-Hsun |last9=Ma |first9=Hong |last10=Qian |first10=Guan-Ze |last11=Hong |first11=De-Yuan |last12=Wen |first12=Jun |date=May 2022 |title=Phylogenomic conflict analyses in the apple genus Malus s.l. reveal widespread hybridization and allopolyploidy driving diversification, with insights into the complex biogeographic history in the Northern Hemisphere |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jipb.13246 |journal=Journal of Integrative Plant Biology |language=en |volume=64 |issue=5 |pages=1020–1043 |doi=10.1111/jipb.13246 |pmid=35274452 |s2cid=247384781 |issn=1672-9072}}</ref> | ||
| === Species === | === Species === | ||
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| * '']'' {{small|(Wenz.) Koehne}} – Sikkim crabapple | * '']'' {{small|(Wenz.) Koehne}} – Sikkim crabapple | ||
| * '']'' {{small|(Aiton) Borkh.}} – Asiatic apple, Chinese crabapple | * '']'' {{small|(Aiton) Borkh.}} – Asiatic apple, Chinese crabapple | ||
| * '']'' {{small|(Makino) Makino}} | * '']'' {{small|(Makino) Makino}} - nokaidō | ||
| * '']'' {{small|(L.) Mill.}} – European crabapple | * '']'' {{small|(L.) Mill.}} – European crabapple | ||
| * '']'' {{small|(Siebold) de Vriese}} (syns. '']'', '']'') – Sargent crabapple, Toringo crabapple, or Siebold's crabapple | * '']'' {{small|(Siebold) de Vriese}} (syns. '']'', '']'') – Sargent crabapple, Toringo crabapple, or Siebold's crabapple | ||
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| == Cultivation == | == Cultivation == | ||
| {{See also|Fruit tree pollination}}] | {{See also|Fruit tree pollination}} | ||
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| ] | ] | ||
| Crabapples are popular as compact ornamental trees, providing blossom in spring and colourful fruit in autumn. The fruits often persist throughout winter. Numerous hybrid cultivars have been selected.{{cn|date=March 2023}} | Crabapples are popular as compact ornamental trees, providing blossom in spring and colourful fruit in autumn. The fruits often persist throughout winter. Numerous hybrid cultivars have been selected.{{cn|date=March 2023}} | ||
| Some crabapples are used as ]s for domestic apples to add beneficial characteristics.<ref></ref> For example, the rootstocks of '']'' varieties are used to give additional cold hardiness to the combined plants for orchards in cold northern areas.<ref>[http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/ag/21Applerootstocks.pdf Alaska Department of Natural Resources {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719050542/http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/ag/21Applerootstocks.pdf |date=2008-07-19 }}</ref> | Some crabapples are used as ]s for domestic apples to add beneficial characteristics.<ref></ref> For example, the rootstocks of '']'' varieties are used to give additional cold hardiness to the combined plants for orchards in cold northern areas.<ref>, Alaska Department of Natural Resources {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719050542/http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/ag/21Applerootstocks.pdf |date=2008-07-19 }}</ref> | ||
| They are also used as ]s in apple ]s. Varieties of crabapple are selected to bloom contemporaneously with the apple variety in an orchard planting, and the crabs are planted every sixth or seventh tree, or limbs of a crab tree are grafted onto some of the apple trees. In emergencies, a bucket or drum bouquet of crabapple flowering branches is placed near the beehives as orchard pollenizers.{{cn|date=March 2023}} | They are also used as ]s in apple ]s. Varieties of crabapple are selected to bloom contemporaneously with the apple variety in an orchard planting, and the crabs are planted every sixth or seventh tree, or limbs of a crab tree are grafted onto some of the apple trees. In emergencies, a bucket or drum bouquet of crabapple flowering branches is placed near the beehives as orchard pollenizers.{{cn|date=March 2023}} | ||
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| ===Cultivars=== | ===Cultivars=== | ||
| These cultivars have won the ]'s ]: |
These cultivars have won the ]'s ]:<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf | title = AGM Plants - Ornamental | date = July 2017 | page = 63 | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | access-date = 2 April 2018}}</ref> | ||
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| == Uses == | == Uses == | ||
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| Crabapple fruit is not an important ] in most areas, being extremely ] due to ] (which like the genus derives from the Latin name '']''), and in some species woody, so is rarely eaten raw. In some ]n cultures, they are valued as a sour ], sometimes eaten with salt and ] or ].{{Citation needed|date = January 2016}} | Crabapple fruit is not an important ] in most areas, being extremely ] due to ] (which like the genus derives from the Latin name '']''), and in some species woody, so is rarely eaten raw. In some ]n cultures, they are valued as a sour ], sometimes eaten with salt and ] or ].{{Citation needed|date = January 2016}} | ||
| Some crabapple varieties are an exception to the reputation of being sour, and can be very sweet, such as the 'Chestnut' cultivar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.starkbros.com/growing-guide/plant-manuals/fruit-trees/apple-trees/chestnut-crabapple|title=The Growing Guide|publisher=Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Co.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726022654/http://www.starkbros.com/growing-guide/plant-manuals/fruit-trees/apple-trees/chestnut-crabapple|archive-date=2014-07-26}}</ref> | Some crabapple varieties are an exception to the reputation of being sour, and can be very sweet, such as the 'Chestnut' cultivar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.starkbros.com/growing-guide/plant-manuals/fruit-trees/apple-trees/chestnut-crabapple|title=The Growing Guide|publisher=Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Co.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726022654/http://www.starkbros.com/growing-guide/plant-manuals/fruit-trees/apple-trees/chestnut-crabapple|archive-date=2014-07-26}}</ref> | ||
| Crabapples are an excellent source of ], and their ] can be made into |
Crabapples are an excellent source of ]. Using sugar and spices such as ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, and allspice, their ] can be made into ruby-coloured crab apple ] with a full, spicy flavour.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rombauer|first=I.|author-link=Irma S. Rombauer|author2=Becker, M. R. |author3=Becker, E. |title=All About Canning & Preserving (The Joy of Cooking series)|publisher=Scribner|location=New York|orig-year=2002|pages=72|isbn=0-7432-1502-8|year=2002}}</ref> A small percentage of crabapples in ] makes a more interesting flavour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cider.org.uk/part1.htm|title=The Science of Cidermaking|publisher=Andrew Lea|access-date=November 14, 2013}}</ref> As ] ''Wergulu'', the crab apple is one of the nine plants invoked in the ] '']'', recorded in the 10th century. | ||
| Applewood gives off a pleasant scent when burned, and smoke from an applewood fire gives an excellent flavour to ] foods.<ref name=Fraser>{{cite web |last=Fraser |first=Anna |title=Properties of different trees as firewood |date=22 August 2005|access-date=17 July 2008 |url=http://www.the-tree.org.uk/ }}</ref> It is easier to cut when green; dry applewood is exceedingly difficult to carve by hand.<ref name=Fraser/> It is a good wood for cooking fires because it burns hot and slow, without producing much flame.<ref name=Fraser/> Applewood is used to make handles of ]s; in the early 1900s 2,000,000 board feet of applewood were used annually for this purpose.<ref>Burks, Jeff (2015). "Woods Used in Saw Handles". Lost Art Press, Traditional Hand-tool Skills. blog.lostartpress.com.</ref> | Applewood gives off a pleasant scent when burned, and smoke from an applewood fire gives an excellent flavour to ] foods.<ref name=Fraser>{{cite web |last=Fraser |first=Anna |title=Properties of different trees as firewood |date=22 August 2005|access-date=17 July 2008 |url=http://www.the-tree.org.uk/ }}</ref> It is easier to cut when green; dry applewood is exceedingly difficult to carve by hand.<ref name=Fraser/> It is a good wood for cooking fires because it burns hot and slow, without producing much flame.<ref name=Fraser/> Applewood is used to make handles of ]s; in the early 1900s 2,000,000 board feet of applewood were used annually for this purpose.<ref>Burks, Jeff (2015). "Woods Used in Saw Handles". Lost Art Press, Traditional Hand-tool Skills. blog.lostartpress.com.</ref> | ||
| ==Gallery== | |||
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| ⚫ | File:Crabapples.jpg|Ripe |
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| ⚫ | File:Lee-Russell-Farm-Security-Administration-1939-Crab-Apples.jpg|Baskets of crab apples for sale in Connecticut in 1939 | ||
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| </gallery> | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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Flowering genus, rose family Rosaceae "Crabapple" redirects here. For the cultivated fruit, see Apple. For the Australian tree, see Pouteria eerwah. For other uses, see Crabapple (disambiguation) and Malus (disambiguation)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amygdaloideae |
| Tribe: | Maleae |
| Subtribe: | Malinae |
| Genus: | Malus Mill. |
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| Malus sylvestris Mill. (1768) | |
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Malus (/ˈmeɪləs/ or /ˈmæləs/) is a genus of about 32–57 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae, including the domesticated orchard apple, crab apples (sometimes known in North America as crabapples) and wild apples.
The genus is native to the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere.
Description
Apple trees are typically 4–12 metres (13–39 feet) tall at maturity, with a dense, twiggy crown. The leaves are 3–10 centimetres (1+1⁄4–4 inches) long, alternate, simple, with a serrated margin. The flowers are borne in corymbs, and have five petals, which may be white, pink, or red, and are perfect, with usually red stamens that produce copious pollen, and a half-inferior ovary; flowering occurs in the spring after 50–80 growing degree days (varying greatly according to subspecies and cultivar).
Many apples require cross-pollination between individuals by insects (typically bees, which freely visit the flowers for both nectar and pollen); these are called self-sterile, so self-pollination is impossible, making pollinating insects essential.
A number of cultivars are self-pollinating, such as 'Granny Smith' and 'Golden Delicious', but are considerably fewer in number compared to their cross-pollination dependent counterparts. Several Malus species, including domestic apples, hybridize freely.
The fruit is a globose pome, varying in size from 1–4 cm (1⁄2–1+1⁄2 in) in diameter in most of the wild species, to 6 cm (2+1⁄4 in) in M. sylvestris sieversii, 8 cm (3 in) in M. domestica, and even larger in certain cultivated orchard apples. The centre of the fruit contains five carpels arranged star-like, each containing one or two seeds.
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Crabapple blooms
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Eastern Siberia
Subdivision
36 species and 4 hybrids are accepted. The genus Malus is subdivided into eight sections (six, with two added in 2006 and 2008). The oldest fossils of the genus date to the Eocene (Lutetian), which are leaves belonging to the species Malus collardii and Malus kingiensis from western North America (Idaho) and the Russian Far East (Kamchatka), respectively.
Species
36 species and four natural hybrids are accepted:
- Malus angustifolia (Aiton) Michx. – southern crabapple
- Malus asiatica Nakai – Chinese pearleaf crabapple
- Malus baccata (L.) Borkh. – Siberian crabapple
- Malus brevipes – shrub apple
- Malus coronaria (L.) Mill. – sweet crabapple
- Malus crescimannoi Raimondo
- Malus daochengensis C.L.Li
- Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. – domestic or orchard apple
- Malus doumeri (Bois) A.Chev. – Taiwan crabapple
- Malus florentina (Zuccagni) C.K.Schneid. – Florentine crabapple, hawthorn-leaf crabapple
- Malus fusca (Raf.) C.K.Schneid. – Oregon or Pacific crabapple
- Malus halliana Koehne – Hall crabapple
- Malus honanensis Rehder
- Malus hupehensis (Pamp.) Rehder – tea crabapple
- Malus ioensis (Alph.Wood) Britton – prairie crabapple
- Malus jinxianensis J.Q.Deng & J.Y.Hong
- Malus kansuensis (Batalin) C.K.Schneid. – Calva crabapple
- Malus komarovii (Sarg.) Rehder
- Malus leiocalyca S.Z.Huang
- Malus mandshurica (Maxim.) Kom. ex Skvortsov
- Malus muliensis T.C.Ku
- Malus niedzwetzkyana – Niedzwetzky's Apple
- Malus ombrophila Hand.-Mazz.
- Malus orientalis Uglitzk.
- Malus prattii (Hemsl.) C.K.Schneid. – Pratt's crabapple
- Malus prunifolia (Willd.) Borkh. – plum-leaf crabapple, Chinese crabapple
- Malus rockii Rehder – native to China and Bhutan
- Malus sikkimensis (Wenz.) Koehne – Sikkim crabapple
- Malus spectabilis (Aiton) Borkh. – Asiatic apple, Chinese crabapple
- Malus spontanea (Makino) Makino - nokaidō
- Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill. – European crabapple
- Malus toringo (Siebold) de Vriese (syns. Malus sargentii, Malus sieboldii) – Sargent crabapple, Toringo crabapple, or Siebold's crabapple
- Malus toringoides (Rehder) Hughes – cut-leaf crabapple
- Malus transitoria (Batalin) C.K.Schneid. – cut-leaf crabapple
- Malus trilobata (Labill. ex Poir.) C.K.Schneid. – Lebanese wild apple, erect crabapple, or three-lobed apple tree
- Malus turkmenorum Juz. & Popov (syn. Malus sieversii) – wild ancestor of cultivated species Malus domestica
- Malus yunnanensis (Franch.) C.K.Schneid. – Yunnan crabapple
- Malus zhaojiaoensis N.G.Jiang
- Hybrids
- Malus × floribunda Siebold ex Van Houtte – Japanese flowering crabapple
- Malus × kaido (Wenz.) Pardé (syn. Malus × micromalus) – midget crabapple
- Malus × soulardii (L.H.Bailey) Britton
- Malus × zumi (Matsum.) Rehder
Formerly placed here
- Macromeles tschonoskii (Maxim.) Koidz. (as Malus tschonoskii (Maxim.) C.K.Schneid.) – Chonosuki crabapple and pillar apple
Selected artificial hybrids
- Malus × sublobata – yellow autumn crabapple (M. asiatica × M. toringo)
Fossil species
After
- Malus collardii Axelrod, North America (Idaho), Eocene
- Malus kingiensis Budants, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, Eocene
- Malus florissantensis (Cockerell) MacGinitie Green River Formation, North America (Colorado) Eocene
- Malus pseudocredneria (Cockerell) MacGinitie Green River Formation, North America (Colorado) Eocene
- Malus idahoensis R.W.Br. North America (Idaho), Miocene
- Malus parahupehensis J.Hsu and R.W.Chaney Shanwang, Shandong, China, Miocene
- Malus antiqua Doweld Romania, Pliocene
- Malus pseudoangustifolia E.W.Berry North America (South Carolina), Pleistocene
Cultivation
See also: Fruit tree pollination
Crabapples are popular as compact ornamental trees, providing blossom in spring and colourful fruit in autumn. The fruits often persist throughout winter. Numerous hybrid cultivars have been selected.
Some crabapples are used as rootstocks for domestic apples to add beneficial characteristics. For example, the rootstocks of Malus baccata varieties are used to give additional cold hardiness to the combined plants for orchards in cold northern areas.
They are also used as pollinizers in apple orchards. Varieties of crabapple are selected to bloom contemporaneously with the apple variety in an orchard planting, and the crabs are planted every sixth or seventh tree, or limbs of a crab tree are grafted onto some of the apple trees. In emergencies, a bucket or drum bouquet of crabapple flowering branches is placed near the beehives as orchard pollenizers.
Because of the plentiful blossoms and small fruit, crabapples are popular for use in bonsai culture.
Cultivars
These cultivars have won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:
- 'Adirondack'
- 'Butterball'
- 'Comtesse de Paris'
- 'Evereste'
- 'Jelly King'='Mattfru'
- 'Laura'
- Malus × robusta 'Red Sentinel'
- 'Sun Rival'
Other varieties are dealt with under their species names.
Toxicity
The seeds contain cyanide compounds.
Uses
Crabapple fruit is not an important crop in most areas, being extremely sour due to malic acid (which like the genus derives from the Latin name mālum), and in some species woody, so is rarely eaten raw. In some Southeast Asian cultures, they are valued as a sour condiment, sometimes eaten with salt and chilli or shrimp paste.
Some crabapple varieties are an exception to the reputation of being sour, and can be very sweet, such as the 'Chestnut' cultivar.
Crabapples are an excellent source of pectin. Using sugar and spices such as ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, and allspice, their juice can be made into ruby-coloured crab apple jelly with a full, spicy flavour. A small percentage of crabapples in cider makes a more interesting flavour. As Old English Wergulu, the crab apple is one of the nine plants invoked in the pagan Anglo-Saxon Nine Herbs Charm, recorded in the 10th century.
Applewood gives off a pleasant scent when burned, and smoke from an applewood fire gives an excellent flavour to smoked foods. It is easier to cut when green; dry applewood is exceedingly difficult to carve by hand. It is a good wood for cooking fires because it burns hot and slow, without producing much flame. Applewood is used to make handles of hand saws; in the early 1900s 2,000,000 board feet of applewood were used annually for this purpose.
References
- Cirrus Digital Purple Prince Crabapple
- ^ "Malus Mill". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
- Phipps, James B.; Robertson, Kenneth R.; Smith, Paul G.; Rohrer, Joseph R. (1990). "A checklist of the subfamily Maloideae (Rosaceae)". Can. J. Bot. 68 (10): 2209–2269. doi:10.1139/b90-288.
- coreyrametta (2019-06-11). "Are Apple Trees Self Pollinating?". Cold Hardy Fruits. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
- Ken Wilson and D.C. Elfving. "Crabapple Pollenizers for Apples". Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Retrieved 12 Sep 2013.
- ^ Liu, Bin-Bin; Ren, Chen; Kwak, Myounghai; Hodel, Richard G.J.; Xu, Chao; He, Jian; Zhou, Wen-Bin; Huang, Chien-Hsun; Ma, Hong; Qian, Guan-Ze; Hong, De-Yuan; Wen, Jun (May 2022). "Phylogenomic conflict analyses in the apple genus Malus s.l. reveal widespread hybridization and allopolyploidy driving diversification, with insights into the complex biogeographic history in the Northern Hemisphere". Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 64 (5): 1020–1043. doi:10.1111/jipb.13246. ISSN 1672-9072. PMID 35274452. S2CID 247384781.
- Apple Tree Rootstocks Ecogardening Factsheet #21, Summer 1999
- Apple Rootstocks, Alaska Department of Natural Resources Archived 2008-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Biel, John. "Collecting and Training Crab Apples | American Bonsai Society". www.absbonsai.org. American Bonsai Society. Archived from the original on 3 July 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- "Crabapple (Malus) - Bonsai Empire". www.bonsaiempire.com. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- Walston, Brent. "Crabapples for Bonsai". evergreengardenworks.com. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 63. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- "RHS Plantfinder - Malus 'Adirondack'". Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- "RHS Plantfinder - Malus 'Butterball'". Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- "Malus 'Comtesse de Paris'". RHS. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- "RHS Plantfinder -Malus 'Evereste'". Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- "RHS Plantfinder - Malus Jelly King = 'Mattfru'". Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- "RHS Plantfinder - Malus 'Laura'". Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- "RHS Plantfinder - Malus × robusta 'Red Sentinel'". Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- "RHS Plantfinder - Malus 'Sun Rival'". Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- The Complete Guide to Edible Wild Plants. United States Department of the Army. New York: Skyhorse Publishing. 2009. p. 113. ISBN 978-1-60239-692-0. OCLC 277203364.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - "The Growing Guide". Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Co. Archived from the original on 2014-07-26.
- Rombauer, I.; Becker, M. R.; Becker, E. (2002) . All About Canning & Preserving (The Joy of Cooking series). New York: Scribner. p. 72. ISBN 0-7432-1502-8.
- "The Science of Cidermaking". Andrew Lea. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
- ^ Fraser, Anna (22 August 2005). "Properties of different trees as firewood". Retrieved 17 July 2008.
- Burks, Jeff (2015). "Woods Used in Saw Handles". Lost Art Press, Traditional Hand-tool Skills. blog.lostartpress.com.
External links
- Germplasm Resources Information Network: Malus
- Flora of China: Malus
- Virginia Cooperative Extension - Disease resistant crabapples Archived 8 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- The PRI disease resistant apple breeding program: a cooperative among Purdue University, Rutgers University, and the University of Illinois.
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