Wickson Crab crab apple trees
Malus domestica 'Wickson Crab'
- Best seller
- Gardening skill: Average
- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Pollination group: 2
- Uses: Juice
- Uses: Hard cider
Wickson Crab is a popular crab apple with dense white blossom followed by attractive pink/red flushed apples.
Wickson Crab apples contain plenty of pectin and are therefore useful in the kitchen for jams and jellies.
Unusually for a crab apple, Wickson Crab is also surprisingly sweet. The high sugar content is balanced by a high acid content, and the juice of Wickson Crab is therefore very useful in cider blends.
Wickson Crab crab apple trees for sale
1-year Wickson Crab crab apple trees bare-root
B.9
rootstock
Small (6ft-9ft) mature height
$29.00
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1-year Wickson Crab crab apple trees bare-root
G.210, G.890
rootstock
Medium (8ft-12ft) mature height
$29.00
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1-year Wickson Crab crab apple trees bare-root
Large (10ft-16ft) mature height
$29.00
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1-year Wickson Crab crab apple trees bare-root
Full-size (16ft-24ft) mature height
$29.00
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How to grow
Wickson Crab is a small and hardy tree.
It has a wide climate range, and is suitable for both northern areas and warm climates such as southern California.
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Historical details
Developed by the Californian apple enthusiast Albert Etter at the start of the 20th century. Etter named the variety after Californian pomologist Edward J. Wickson who was one of the few experts at the time who took Etter's breeding program seriously.
Wickson Crab was developed from two other crab apple varieties, Spitzenburg crab and Newtown crab - it is thought there is no relation with the mainstream apple varieties Esopus Spitzenburg and Newtown Pippin.
Wickson Crab characteristics
Using
- Picking season:
Late
- Uses:
Juice Hard cider
- Cropping:
Heavy
- Keeping (of fruit):
2-3 weeks
- Fruit persistence:
Persistent
Growing
- Gardening skill:
Average
- Self-fertility:
Not self-fertile
- Pollination group:
2
- Pollinating others:
Good
- Ploidy:
Diploid
- Vigour:
Vigorous
- Bearing regularity:
Regular
Disease resistance
- Cedar apple rust:
Some susceptibility
- Scab:
Some susceptibility
Climate
- Cold hardiness (USDA):
(5) -20F / -29C
- Summer average maximum temperatures:
Cool ( 20C - 24C / 68F - 75F) Warm (25C - 30C / 76F - 85F) Hot (>30C / 86F)
Identification
- Fruit color:
Orange / Red
