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Name That Fruit!
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Anonymous User
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Date: October 17, 2008 08:32PM i asked a grandpa in the 'hood what this was and he said "crabapple" and that they were totally edible (sweetish actually) but it's come up on allyssa's site and peeps are saying no way that's what it is. what do you think? anyone recognize this bumpy little darling? Re: Name That Fruit!
Posted by:
frances
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Date: October 17, 2008 08:51PM Hey coco, did you mean to include a photo or a link?
Anyway, I think crabapples are very diverse! Apples, as a species, are unusual in that you can plant seeds of one variety, fertilized by the same variety, and still get a tree that grows a completely different kind of apple. Every apple seed that grows into a tree is a new roll of the dice. My understanding is that the crabapples are the ones that are too small, too ugly and/or too tart to be considered regular eating apples. A lot of crab apples will be completely edible, some might give you a stomach ache if they are too tart. My parents have a crab apple tree which they ignore and mostly feeds only the deer. Last year I went to their place and picked enough to make a decent glass of very tart apple juice. Re: Name That Fruit!
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Anonymous User
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Date: October 17, 2008 09:11PM shoot, why didn't my picture work? oh well, i'll try it again...
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Posted by:
EZ rider
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Date: October 17, 2008 09:40PM Wild Crabapple is listed as being high in vitamin B17 [www.vitaminb17.org] Re: Name That Fruit!
Posted by:
Ryan
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Date: October 18, 2008 03:33AM woah, thats crazy looking, i've never seen a crabapple look like that. whatever it is, it looks interesting Re: Name That Fruit!
Posted by:
la_veronique
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Date: October 18, 2008 06:38AM i thought crabapples looked different
but i had it pointed out to me just a few times so i forget if that is what it looks like for real Re: Name That Fruit!
Posted by:
frances
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Date: October 18, 2008 01:32PM Wow. That's weird looking. It doesn't look like it could be a relative of the apple, since it doesn't have the seed structure. Re: Name That Fruit!
Posted by:
veggiefreak
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Date: October 18, 2008 02:57PM Not a crabapple in my book either, but I have no clue what it could be!! Although it looks pretty yummy! Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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