Applecrab
Applecrabs are various
Applecrabs are sometimes distinguished from apples if the fruit diameter is less than 5 cm (2 in).[1]
Cold-hardy applecrabs
Director of the Canadian Central Experimental Farm William Saunders (1836–1914) produced a number of such hybrids as part of an effort to develop good-quality eating apples for the Canadian prairies by crossing the domesticated apple cultivars with selected winter-hardy crabapple species.[1]
Cultivars include:
- Malus 'Columbia' is from one of Saunders' early experiments crossing M. baccata (from Siberia) with relatively hardy apples.[1]
- Malus 'Kerr' is from crossing 'Dolgo' crabapple and 'Haralson' apple.[2]
- Malus 'Osman' is from one of Saunders' early experiments crossing M. baccata with relatively hardy apples.[1]
- Malus 'Rescue'[3]
- Malus 'Trailman' is from crossing 'Trail' with 'Osman'.[4]
Scab-resistant apples
A separate project was initiated by C.S. Crandall of the
Among the scab-resistant apples that carry the VF gene are:[citation needed]
Red-fleshed applecrabs
Another type of applecrab breeding program stems from
Another horticulturist,
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Roger Vick (1991). Edible Apples to 1990: as grown in the Canadian Prairie Provinces (PDF). University of Alberta Devonian Botanic Garden.
- ^ Wesley Autio and James Krupa (2002). "Performance of the V Series Apple Rootstocks During Six Growing Seasons". Fruit Notes. 67 (Summer).
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- ^ "Vf scab resistance of Malus". Archived from the original on 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2014-12-19.
- ^ "The Ettersburg Apple Legacies", Greenmantle Nursery website
- ^ "Rosé Ciders to Try This Summer"[permanent dead link]