Description
Full sun, Zone 3
Malus ‘Whitney’
Pot size #5 (3′ whip)
Whitney combines the usual crab benefits of being a great pollinator, easy to grow and highly productive with a few additional bonuses: the fruit is larger than most crabs (so easier to pick and work with), it’s sweet enough to eat fresh as well as use in jellies and other preserves and it produces a particularly good juice for cider with a good level of sugar plus a pleasantly mild astringency, which adds to the mouthfeel and body of the cider.
Flavour, aroma, texture: Sweet and juicy, firm-fleshed crab-apples. Appearance: Golf ball-sized crab-apples with red over a yellow background. Quality for fresh eating: Good. Quality for cooking: Good. Quality for cider: Good. Keeping ability: Good (1 to 2 months when kept refrigerated).
Discovered in Franklin Grove, Illinois, USA, 1869
Whitney Applecrab
$95.00
Whitney combines the usual crab benefits of being a great pollinator, easy to grow and highly productive with a few additional bonuses: the fruit is larger than most crabs (so easier to pick and work with), it’s sweet enough to eat fresh as well as use in jellies and other preserves and it produces a particularly good juice for cider with a good level of sugar plus a pleasantly mild astringency, which adds to the mouthfeel and body of the cider.
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