Applecrabs vs. crabapples for eating

[Zone6]

I ran across applecrabs today online. They are crosses of crabapples with regular apples. Are they a better option for eating than crabapples? They look to be slightly larger than crabapples from what I can tell.

Applecrab - Wikipedia

[Audi_o_phile]

@Zone6

Are they a better option for eating than crabapples?

I’m with JohannsGarden on this one:

@JohannsGarden

This is just marketing hype. Apples themselves are the result of hybridization between various wild crabapple species throughout human history. Crossing apples and crabapples does not produce a “new” category. It simply produces more “apples” if they’re on the larger size, and more “crabapples” if they’re on the smaller size.

[Phlogopite]

@Zone6

They are crosses of crabapples with regular apple

Both are made up words. In this case means a smaller domesticated apple. You can call them whatever you want but there isn’t a real distinction

[dannytoro1]

I just use “Applecrab” as a term to describe apples falling between 1.75 and 2.24 inches in diameter. Yates, Hall and many Etter apples fall nicely in that range. Plus many others.