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Crab-apple
Chestnut Crab 

 

 

 

 
SummaryLarge cooking and dessert crab apple. Attractive, reddish bronze fruit.  Crisp, juicy sweet flesh with a pleasing nut-like flavor. Ripens over a long period.




Identification

Chestnut Crab




Fruit colour




Flesh colour




Fruit sizeLarge




Fruit shape




Using

Chestnut Crab




FlavorVery good




Flavour styleSharper




Ripening period




Use/Keeping2-3 weeks




Cooking result




Growing

Chestnut Crab




Picking




CroppingGood




VigourSlightly small




PollinationFlowering group 3
Self-sterile
Gardening skillVery easy




Problems

Other

Chestnut Crab




Country of originUnited States




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