Why do people grow crabapples?

[krismoriah]

Im growing a couple of Clark’s Crabapples.

Why? for the wow factor, plus its a long keeper… so lots of sharing over the winter with friends and family.

Clark's Crabapple

Many of you remember this thread New Apple Seedling Varieties .The Clark’s crabapple as i mentioned fruits like clusters of grapes. Today at the @39thparallel orchard and Nursery you can see the clusters are heavy on these apples. They were top worked with these apples 2 or 3 years ago. Every year these seedlings are gaining popularity in Kansas. Here is Mike removing some damaged fruit and taking a minute to let me grab a few photos. Years ago Mike saw these at my property and has grown t…