How big are your crab apples

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I have a crab apple tree and the apples are only pea size. Do these stay on and swell up next year or is that it
Cheers Steve

[beanie]

I have one but am not sure what variety it is. the apples were about 1" in diameter. we've had a very good crop this year but the wind has taken them all now. they don't normally stop on the tree over winter

[Ruthie]

That's it Steve! They will ripen then fall off. Then you'll get some more next year! Crab apples vary in size from small apple size to, well, cherry size i guess.

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Cheers guys i thought they might have been a bit bigger maybe plumb size .
The trees only a few years old and has grown fast it has red leaves pink flowers in spring and red apples is about 10ft tall, my daughter bought it for me for 3 euros i think

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Hi - the red leaves are a bit of a giveaway. It sounds like more like Rudolph than any other crab I know. There are a couple of pictures here - store.ashridgetrees.co.uk/Crab-Apple-Rudolph-Malus-Sylvestris-Rudolph (and other good crab apple photos one level up - maybe it is one of those).

Good luck

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Just found the old label and its MALUS x moer. Profusion Improved
www.knippelnursery.com/PlantGuide/SubCategories/Crabapple.aspx
Thanks all for your help

[owdboggy]

The fruit on Profusion is small, about cherry size, but you do get a lot of them in bunches usually, hence the name.

[maggy]

My crab apple never has anything overwinter and it was pollarded when I bought the bungalow, we just pull off new shoots to tidy it up ;D it does look lovely at christmas though with our cherry lights on.