crab apple

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crab apple

1. any of several rosaceous trees of the genus Malus that have white, pink, or red flowers and small sour apple-like fruits

2. the fruit of any of these trees, used to make jam

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And it's not only wildlife that will benefit, Cardiff residents will be able to join in the fun too making crab apple jelly, elderflower cordial, dog rose syrup and sloe gin, with produce to pick, eat and enjoy for generations to come.

WI branching out in city parks with tree planting

Not only are they edible when cooked - crab apple and bramble jelly is the best free preserve ever - but they also efficiently pollinate other apples flowering at the same time and they provide year-round interest.

Get to grips with some core values; GARDENS With Carol Klein of TV's Gardeners' World The original fruit of the Garden of Eden, it's hard not to be tempted by the sight of a tree heavy with a ripe crop of apples..

And with that, he gets back in the car and heads off to ask the owner of the crab apple tree how they would feel about donating their apples to a good cause.

Manchester is my orchard: once synonymous with drugs, guns and gangs, Moss Side in Manchester is the home of a thriving cider business that makes use of unwanted apples and is helping to build a community spirit

National Arboretum's cultivar collection, including varieties of red maple, crape myrtle, crab apple, flowering cherry, and elm.

Good urban trees

Try these too: Spirea, flowering cherry and plum, witch hazel, pussy willow, flowering crab apple, winter jasmine and flowering quince.

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William Saunders imported seed of the Siberian Crab Apple (Malus baccata) from Russia and began a project to develop crab apples for the Prairies.

Eastern Asia's contribution to hardy fruit development the common & the exotic

And I like this crab apple pie," said Mole as he reached for another piece.

Mouse's holiday treat

Last Fall, these ladies donated two flowering crab apple trees and we held a special tree planting ceremony with tree planting expert Chuck Neville in attendance, along with Nathalie Arnold, attache to David Price MP, and members of Little Forks Branch.

Little Forks. (Brancing Out)

Apple, fruitwood, European crab apple, European crab, crab apple

Apple Trees Yield More Than Tasty Fruit

Wouldn't a crab apple look good on her purple shorts?

I lost my cool with Alex Mitchell

Notable among his numerous volumes of short stories, in which he effectively made use of apparently trivial incidents to illuminate Irish life, are Guests of the Nation (1931) and Crab Apple Jelly (1944).

O'Connor, Frank

The result is tasty, dry rose with strawberry and crab apple fruit, good acidity, subtle background ripeness and a delicacy that is rare for this price point.