I absolutly love crab apple trees for the foliage and flowers, and planted a
fairly new growth one last year from the local garden center. When it
bloomed I noticed that it is the bearing fruit kind and wondered if there
was a way to avoid it from bearing fruit but still flower. When I asked my
father about it he said that there was something you could do with the
budding fruit stems when they are starting to stunt the further growth?

Any suggestions gladly appreciated.

Heather
Zone 6
Toronto, Canada




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On Thu, 10 Apr 2003 09:04:17 -0400, Heather wrote:

I absolutly love crab apple trees for the foliage and flowers, and planted
a fairly new growth one last year from the local garden center. When it
bloomed I noticed that it is the bearing fruit kind and wondered if there
was a way to avoid it from bearing fruit but still flower. When I asked
my father about it he said that there was something you could do with the
budding fruit stems when they are starting to stunt the further growth?


You could tollerate the fruit (makes great hard cider when mixed with
eating apples) or you could cut your losses and replant the correct crab
apple.

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Was not aware there was a non-fruit variety.

Heather

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On Thu, 10 Apr 2003 09:04:17 -0400, Heather wrote:

I absolutly love crab apple trees for the foliage and flowers, and
planted
a fairly new growth one last year from the local garden center. When it
bloomed I noticed that it is the bearing fruit kind and wondered if
there
was a way to avoid it from bearing fruit but still flower. When I asked
my father about it he said that there was something you could do with
the
budding fruit stems when they are starting to stunt the further growth?


You could tollerate the fruit (makes great hard cider when mixed with
eating apples) or you could cut your losses and replant the correct crab
apple.

--
http://yard-works.netfirms.com





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I absolutly love crab apple trees for the foliage and flowers, and planted
a fairly new growth one last year from the local garden center. When it
bloomed I noticed that it is the bearing fruit kind and wondered if there
was a way to avoid it from bearing fruit but still flower.

If you like the tree otherwise & don't want to replace it, you can probably get
a hormone spray which will greatly reduce or eliminate the fruit. Ask at a
large garden center.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)