Plentiful Crabapple Seeds and Scions

Bright Red Color Fruit-Extremely Hardy Alaskan Apple with Clean Disease Free Foliage

Selected apple-crab with exceptional hardiness and clean disease and insect free large one inch red fruit. Juicy with a tart flavor. Very productive. From seed, it would be in the Dolgo class crabapple and is a good seed source for clean foliage and immunity to all foliar diseases. The fruit is spotless as well.

"Plentiful" was selected from a batch of Kerr seedlings from Alaska. Due to its large clean leaves which are free of disease and a nice yellow fall color it was a tree that stood out in my beds of apple seedlings. The bright red fruit contrasts nicely with the yellow fall color. "Plentiful" has the highest yield of any crabapple at my farm. The extremely clean fruit has no disease issues and can be used for jelly and juice. Of all the crabs that I have found at my farm this one is also the most ornamental in terms of its fruit display as the fruit does not break down quickly and stays a bright red color all the way into January. Normally large fruiting crabs break down quick and soon turn brown. The branches bend to the ground with the fruit load.

The seedlings from this apple is a good way to continue the Kerr strain because of its clean foliage and vigorous seedlings. Kerr by itself provides a good starting point to develop apples in the minus 40 F zones of the world. Seed grown apples could provide a whole new avenue of products for the apple industry. The flavors found in some of these small fruited trees really are amazing and worth exploring even if the fruits are juiced and processed in some way. The cider industry is changing the way an apple looks. 

This package comes with scions and seeds. Seeds are sent immediately. Scions are sent dormant in January and February. From 2023 December collected seed. Refrigerated stored.

To germinate the seeds: Fall plant outside 1/4 inch deep 1 inch apart in a normal garden type soil that is cultivated. For the refrigerator method put the seeds in a zip lock bag with lightly damp Canadian Peat moss at 33-38 F for 60-120 days. Seeds will sprout a little in the fridge after 60-90 days. Plant those seeds as they sprout. After 90-120 put the bag at room temperature and the rest will quickly follow suit.