Geneva Crab crab apple tree

Malus domestica 'Geneva Crab'

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• Picking season: Early
• Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
• Pollination group: 3

A large-fruited red-fleshed crab apple, useful for cider blends.

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Geneva Crab crab apple trees for sale

• Medium 1-year bare-root tree $37.95
  Mature height: 8ft-12ft after 10 years
  G.890, G.935 rootstock
  

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Geneva Crab is a large-fruited crab-apple with a dark crimson skin and marbled pink flesh. It is primarily grown for its sharp-flavored juice, which imparts an attractive rose pink color to cider blends.

The leaves have a prominent bronze tint (anthocynanin pigmentation), and the blossom is a dark crimson color.

How to grow

Like many of red-flowered crab-apples, Geneva Crab is a poor pollinator of other apple varieties. It is however more disease-resistant and hardier than many of the red-fleshed crab-apples.

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History

Geneva Crab was developed at Ottawa in the 1930s in collaboration with the New York Agriculture Experiment Station at Geneva, New York.

Geneva Crab characteristics

• Gardening skillAverage
• Self-fertilityPartially self-fertile
• Pollination group3
• Pollinating othersPoor
• Fruit bearingSpur-bearer
• WildlifeRHS Plants for Pollinators
• Picking seasonEarly
• UsesCulinaryHard cider
• CroppingHeavy
• Keeping (of fruit)2-3 weeks
• Juice styleSharp (cider)
• General resistanceGood
• ScabSome resistance
• Cold hardiness (USDA)(4) -30F / -34C
• Summer maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
• Country of originCanada
• Period of origin1900 - 1949
• Flesh colourPink / Red
• Fruit colorRed - dark