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Crab apple trees
Crab apples are very closely related to apples but the fruit is much smaller in size. Crabapple trees produce a lot of blossom in spring, and the brightly coloured fruits hang attractively on the tree throughout autumn, so crab apples are often grown for their ornamental value. The fruit is too bitter for eating fresh, but is very useful in the kitchen for making jams and other fruit preserves. Crab apple varieties are generally very disease resistant, and are therefore often used in breeding programmes for new apple varieties - and they usually make excellent pollinators for other apple varieties.
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