RE: Fruit Bearing Trees
- Subject: RE: Fruit Bearing Trees
- From: D* S*
- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 09:35:32 -0700
- Importance: Normal
Mark:
One interesting aspect to this tree is that, just below the two trees are
two bushes with the exact same leaf. I've also seen a similar arrangement
on a neighbor's property, but with Oleander. What's particularly
interesting about my tree/bush combination is that the bushes do not flower
and fruit. To be certain, I will check the bush today when I arrive home.
You are correct about the fruit: it often bursts on impact with the walkway.
The fruit, though, in no way resembles an apple, or even the crabapples that
I knew as a child in the Northeast; it is more like a 3/8ths inch diameter
berry. The juice is colored with various shades of red, blue and
purple--probably a wonderful natural dye ingredient. <g>
Doug
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-woodyplants@mallorn.com
> [o*@mallorn.com]On Behalf Of Mark Stephens
> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 8:06 PM
> To: woodyplants@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Fruit Bearing Trees
>
>
> Howdy,
>
> I think I know the tree. They sound like an older cultivar of
> crabapple that
> are planted at most of the condo's (my parents specificly) around
> here. They
> must be the cheapest tree available. The berries are dark red
> and they drop
> around first frost. The mess is bad because the berries are soft
> and pop on
> impact with the walk. It's a real mess.
>
> As far as stopping production, I think that's a far fetched idea
> that needs to
> be
> abandoned. The best way to stop production is with an axe to the
> trunk. :)
>
> There is a cultivar of crabapple that flowers but does not produce fruit:
>
> Spring Snow Crabapple
> Malus 'Spring Snow'
> medium fruitless and requires little pruning Park and street; susceptible
> to fireblight and cedar-apple rust
>
> The blooms are white, not pink like I suspect yours are. There
> are also many
> crabapples with hard fruit that persists into winter. The selections of
> crabapple are almost endless, the key is finding a tree that
> looks good, grows
> the right size, and is disease free.
>
> Here is a good list of street trees that include some crabapples:
> http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/ParksRec/desirabl.htm
>
> Persistant fruit is the key to a good crabapple near walks.
>
> good luck,
>
> mark stephens
> http://backyardforest.org
>
>
> >>Hi. Does anyone if it is possible to treat a tree in such a way that it
> >>does not bear fruit. We have a pair of trees that, each year
> around this
> >>time, drop a small berry that tends to stain a walkway we recently
> >>constructed under the pair. I have not identified the tree's
>
>
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