Crab apple trees (malus species) are closely related to apple trees, but with smaller, edible fruits. Many homeowners remember crab apple trees as messy and would never consider planting one in the ...

Q: Can we eat the crab apples on our tree? They are larger than other crab apples we have seen. They look good but are very tart. A: The only difference between a crab apple and a regular apple is the ...

ASPEN, Colorado – Aspen’s downtown crab apple trees will produce fruit after all. The city’s plan to spray the blossoms this spring to prevent the bear-enticing apples from forming was scrapped. The ...

The air is cooler and the trees are thick with leaves of gold, silver and amber. As much as I favor a ripe summer peach, the sharp scent of apple and cinnamon, wood smoke and even highbush cranberries ...

Q: Can you tell me what is wrong with my crab apple tree, and what I should do about it? The leaves started turning yellow earlier this summer and now there are hardly any leaves left. It looks awful.

Crab apple trees are hardier than a cherry tree and the blossom lasts longer in our harsher climate, too. Every winter we watch the buds swelling, then suddenly in late August the first pink and white ...

From lime green to deep red, from honey-sweet to fragrantly spicy to face-puckering sour, from the huge globes of baking apples to tiny crab apples that dangle like jewels among the falling leaves, ...