Flowering Crabapple
Malus 'Dolgo'
Rosaceae
Growth habit
Tree
Perennation
Perennial
Location
Pounder Vegetable Garden and Climate Change Garden
Source of plant
Schichtel's Nursery, Schmidt & Son Co.
Description
Open, vigorous tree, reaching 30' to 40' in height; wide-spreading. Flowers pink in bud, opening to white,1 3/4" diameter, fragrant, flowering well in alternate years. Fruit bright red to purple, almost fluorescent,1 1/4" diameter, ripening in July and falling by late August; can be used for jelly. Disease resistant, butwith slight scab and fireblight susceptibility.
Special characteristics
fruiting characteristics, disease resistance, fragrance, food