Transcendent Crab crab-apple
Ribbed, golden-yellow fruit with a crimson cheek. Creamy yellow flesh with very good astringent, subacid flavor. Poor keeper.
USDA identification images for Transcendent Crab
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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United States
- Aaron Millis in HELENA, MT
- Adam Dupps in Lawrenceburg, IN
- Dan Vorhis in FREELAND, WA
- David Black in Bentonville, ARKANSAS
- Kenneth in Newberry, FLORIDA
- Kevin Yeadon in OAK HARBOR, WA
- Kris in Show Low, ARIZONA
- Nathan Sanders in Middleburg, PENNSYLVANIA
- Ryan in Sterling, NY
Origins
- Species: Malus species - Crab-apple
Identification
- Country of origin: United States
- Period of origin: 1800 - 1849
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Leaf colour: Green
- Flowering month: April
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Leaf colour - autumn: Green
- Flowering duration: Average (2-3 weeks)
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Leaf colour - young: Green
- Flesh colour: Cream
- Fruit size: Large
- Fruit shape: Round
Using
- Picking season: Mid
- Keeping (of fruit): 1 week
- Flavour quality: Good
- Flavour style (apples): Sharper
- Cooking result: Puree
- Juice style: Sharper
- Cropping: Heavy
- Fruit persistence: Normal ripening
- Food uses: Culinary
- Food uses: Juice
- Food uses: Hard cider
- Picking month: September
- Wildlife: Attractive to birds
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Average
- Flowering group: 3
- Pollinating others: Poor
- Ploidy: Triploid
- Vigour: Slightly large
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
- Attractive features: Attractive flowers
- Attractive features: Attractive fruit
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Growth rate: Average
- Attractive features: Scented flowers
- Soil type: Normal
Climate
- Cold hardiness (USDA): Zone 3 (-40C)
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Climate suitability: Mild damp climates
- Climate suitability: Warm climates
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cold (< 20C / 67F)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Average
- Fire blight: Very susceptible
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Transcendent Crab crab-apple trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (USA) United States
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