Dolgo Crab My favorite crabapple. Beautiful copious bright white flowers. Red fruits are 1-2” and oval shaped. They have a really wonderful tart flavor that is easy to eat raw. Dolgo means long in Russian. These trees came from Siberia.

Canandaigua Crab Insanely productive crab apple found in Canandaigua, NY. Fruits are 1/2” wide and persist on tree deep into winter. Tart flavor, good for preserves, cider, and excellent wildlife tree.

Malus Siervesii This species originates from the Tien Shen Mountains of Kazahkstan from which virtually all domestic apples have originated from. They contain an enormous, untapped gene pool from which plant breeders are experimenting with to find new disease resistant varieties.

Malus Ranetka Extraordinarily cold hardy crab apple to at least -40f. Produces abundant clusters of fruit that can hang on well into winter providing for wildlife. The tasty tart fruit is also good for making preserves. Ranetka apples are most commonly used as a tough, cold hardy rootstock for northern growers in Alaska.

Malus Sargentii - Sargent Crab apple- Very cold hardy crab apple, pink blossoms, small red fruits hang on all winter until the birds clean them out. One of the most beautiful, productive and tasty of the tiny fruited crabs. Highly disease resistant. Valued by craft hard cider makers, wildlife enthusiasts, and ornamental gardeners.

Rochester Crab apple-  Found growing along the Erie Canal, these wild crabs produce abundant crops of nickel to quarter sized fruits that range in color from yellow to red. Fruits persist well into winter.

Antonovka- This cold hardy apple from Russia, makes a large all around utility fruit. Great for wildlife, preserves, storing, and makes a sturdy rootstock

Wild Apple- Seed collected from rugged seedlings growing out of thick clay in a frost pocket in the hills of Spencer, NY. These are the survivors of nature’s brutal breeding program.

Bud 118- Nearly standard size semi dwarf rootstock from Russian breeding program. Very hardy and precocious