, Malus sieversii, much larger than other wild apples.
soft and have a **very plain flavor disliked **,”
domestic =
46 percent of the domestic apple Malus sieversii
21 percent European crabapple, Malus sylvestris;
the other 33 percent uncertain origins.
A IDEA cross & start over using M. sieversii , and instead of using already cultivated apples (with Euopean crab)
use our wild ones, and try to match these Numbers (46%+ 21% + 33% unknown)
We have a bunch Florida Crab apple, PNW native crab apples ETC and late flowering natives.
some of the pea size ones , and marble size ones might have hidden flavors too even those ones a little bigger then a BB (gun ammo )
Some (marble) crab that are small, and planted by the city
made into tea have a cinnamon taste.
WHAT IS YOUR OPINOIN on that starting over?
Johnny Apple seed comes to mind Maybe use some of his wild plantings as well?
I understand it could take longer then 10, 20 years
even grafting to speed up results of new crosses but time always passes.
Cool Mer carpology
(quote of Mer)
That’s one of William Mullan’s photos. Very cool stuff
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