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Mon, Sep 1, 14 at 16:19
| hi Can anyone tell me is this a crabapple tree. Many thanks |
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| It is a little hard to tell from that angle and with no scale but it looks like Chaenomeles speciosa, or a cultivar thereof, aka flowering quince. Is it more of a shrub than a tree? And does is have any thorns? The fruit will turn yellow. They are fragrant but hard and sour and only really usable to make jelly. It will have red, salmon, pink or white flowers in the early spring. |
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| Yes it is more of a shrub than tree, it doesn't have thorns. I've cut the fruit in half not sure if that helps. |
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| Yes - that's Chaenomeles speciosa. They are not all thorny. You may find some on the older wood near the bottom. |
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| If you let the fruit get ripe (October here), you can cut it up in water and you'll get lemonade. Cut it up more and you'll get another glass or two. John S PDX OR |
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