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What tree is this?

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    My immediate thought was Malus red sentinel, but I might well be wrong.
    Devon.
  • lydiaelisabeth6lydiaelisabeth6 Posts: 7
    Hostafan1 said:
    My immediate thought was Malus red sentinel, but I might well be wrong.
    Are they edible?
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Dovefromabove said:
    I agree with @nutcutlet ... it's an ornamental Crab apple ... the fallen fruits are loved by blackbirds and thrushes .... and you can of course use them to make crab apple jelly 

    https://www.ornamental-trees.co.uk/crab-apple-trees-malus-trees-c39

     :) 
    :smile:

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • lydiaelisabeth6lydiaelisabeth6 Posts: 7
    Dovefromabove said:
    To confirm that it’s an Apple why not cut it in half horizontally ?  If it had pips that would confirm it is an apple. If it had a ftone it would be a prunus of some type. But I’m sure it’s a crab apple. 

    If you click on the link I provided earlier you’ll see some possible varieties ... but you’ll need to compare blossom appearance and timing, leaves etc as well as fruit for an ID. 
    The top photo is from the tree we aren’t sure about and the bottom one is the crab apple tree we have in the garden 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Both are apples ... I suspect that the bottom picture may be from a John Downie or one of the other larger culinary crab apples whereas the top one is primarily grown as an ornamental ... but both can be used for crab apple jelly  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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