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Apple (Malus)
🗓 Season: August · September · October · November
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Background skin colour shifts from green toward yellow; seeds turn brown when ripe. Fruit separates from the spur with a gentle upward twist. Aroma develops near the base. Wild Malus fruit is often small and tart — excellent for cider and jelly.
I probably wouldn't bother labeling any old crabapple, but this one has such excellent fruits I can't leave it a secret. Especially after a frost, these get better and better for eating whole. I ate them all winter, visiting this tree several times late November - January, and it was refreshing to have harvestable fruit this late in the season. These would likely make good jam apples (lots o' pectin!) in fall, but I haven't tried that. Tree located on north side of small pond, easily accessible by hand.
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