Clark's Crabapple

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'Clark's Crab' × 'Pendragon' Apple Crosses

Last year I pollinated ‘Clark’s Crab’ with pollen from the red fleshed ‘Pendragon’ apple. ‘Pendragon’ doesn’t just have red flesh fruit, but also red blushed new foliage, red pigment in the wood and deeply saturated pink flowers. I got a lot of seeds from this cross and planted them in a community pot. They’re sprouting like crazy now and a high percentage of them are showing red pigment in the stems which confirms the cross was successful (vs. accidentally pollinated by something else). The…