Geneva Crab Crab-apple tree

Owner: John

Location: Komagane-Shi,, NAGANO-KEN, Japan

Age:	Planted in about 2013
Age of this tree:	12 years
Soil:	Very stony, poor soil. Low organic content. Neutral PH.
Climate at this location:	Alpine - Very cold winters, Hot humid summers.
Pruning:	Very vigorous, so top pruned every year (back to ~2m)
Tree form:	Bush (wider at top than bottom)
Height:	Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m
Cropping:	Heavy crops
Growth:	This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:	Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:	Chemical treatments
Local pests:	Kamikiri-mushi (trunk borer). This tree is especially susceptible.

Owner's comments

This tree was bought on impulse simply for the pollen (the name tag said specifically "Geneva Crab"). We were surprised last year when it produced normal sized fruit, very early in the season. This year it produced a bumper crop in July (again, normal sized apples), which some of our local cooks went wild for, because of the beautiful pink-red flesh. One lady (remember, this is Japan, the land of origami) made some fantastic individual tarts, with the Geneva fruit cut into petals to make a red rose.