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cshenk

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Jun 6, 2020, 3:23:08 PM6/6/20
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I'll take a new pic shortly

https://postimg.cc/gallery/9Zw9gYT

Bruce

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Jun 6, 2020, 4:03:02 PM6/6/20
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On Sat, 06 Jun 2020 14:22:58 -0500, "cshenk" <csh...@cox.net> wrote:

>I'll take a new pic shortly
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>https://postimg.cc/gallery/9Zw9gYT

Very nice, especially compared to our apple trees.

graham

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Jun 6, 2020, 4:04:27 PM6/6/20
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On 2020-06-06 1:22 p.m., cshenk wrote:
> I'll take a new pic shortly
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> https://postimg.cc/gallery/9Zw9gYT
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My crab-apple tree at the moment:
https://postimg.cc/jCsHYPHv

itsjoan...@webtv.net

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Jun 6, 2020, 4:07:04 PM6/6/20
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On Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 2:23:08 PM UTC-5, cshenk wrote:
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> I'll take a new pic shortly
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> https://postimg.cc/gallery/9Zw9gYT
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What flavors?

itsjoan...@webtv.net

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Jun 6, 2020, 4:07:52 PM6/6/20
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On Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 3:04:27 PM UTC-5, graham wrote:
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> My crab-apple tree at the moment:
> https://postimg.cc/jCsHYPHv
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Very pretty and do you make crabapple jelly?

Bruce

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Jun 6, 2020, 4:09:58 PM6/6/20
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Doesn't that need more sugar than crab apples because they're that
sour?

graham

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Jun 6, 2020, 4:14:54 PM6/6/20
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Some years I do and I usually store the juice in the freezer to make the
jelly in mid-winter. I do the same for the redcurrants from those bushes
to the right of the tree.

graham

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Jun 6, 2020, 4:17:26 PM6/6/20
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It takes a lot but then, so do most jams and jellies. The flavour of the
jelly is still quite tart.

Dave Smith

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Jun 6, 2020, 4:25:22 PM6/6/20
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I love that stuff. My mother used to make it regularly. It really stunk
up the house when it was cooking, but it was worth it. I grabbed some at
a local apple farm last winter, and it was every bit as good as I
remembered.

Dave Smith

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Jun 6, 2020, 4:30:47 PM6/6/20
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I am under the impression that the amount of sugar in a jelly or jam
recipe is more about getting it to cook and set properly than about
sweetening the fruit.

I used to make a lot of different jams and some jellies. I laid off
most of them because I was able to get them at produce stands cheap
enough that it was not worth it to make them. I am hopping for a good
crop of black currants this year and plan to make some jam with them.
That is one jam that is hard to find, and I prefer the jam to the jelly.

graham

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Jun 6, 2020, 5:19:54 PM6/6/20
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I found some crabapple jelly at the farmers' market last year so bought
some. It was tasteless.
I used to have blackcurrant bushes next to the red ones but despite
flowering profusely, the fruit wouldn't set. All I would get was perhaps
2 berries. I eventually got rid of them. Back then I also had a
raspberry patch and planted the currants with the idea of having all the
ingredients for Summer Pudding. The raspberry yield plummeted as the
neighbouring trees "starved them out":-(

itsjoan...@webtv.net

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Jun 6, 2020, 5:36:06 PM6/6/20
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My mother made crabapple jelly and she said it does take a LOT of sugar.
It can be bought in the store here and it's labeled crabapple/apple
jelly but it's mostly made with apple juice. No real resemblance to
crabapple jelly.

itsjoan...@webtv.net

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Jun 6, 2020, 5:38:50 PM6/6/20
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On Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 3:25:22 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
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> I love that stuff. My mother used to make it regularly. It really stunk
> up the house when it was cooking, but it was worth it. I grabbed some at
> a local apple farm last winter, and it was every bit as good as I
> remembered.
>
I don't remember it stinking up the house, maybe I was outside when she was
making it. But yes, it was really good.

itsjoan...@webtv.net

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Jun 6, 2020, 5:42:31 PM6/6/20
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On Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 4:19:54 PM UTC-5, graham wrote:
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> I found some crabapple jelly at the farmers' market last year so bought
> some. It was tasteless.
>
The last time I was at our local flea market there was a Mennonite woman
there selling her jams and jellies. What I bought was quite good but I
need to go back and see if she's still there and see if she had crabapple
jelly.

Honestly, I haven't thought about looking at the local farmers market.

Sheldon Martin

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Jun 6, 2020, 5:54:32 PM6/6/20
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On Sat, 6 Jun 2020 13:07:50 -0700 (PDT), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
<itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:

>On Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 3:04:27 PM UTC-5, graham wrote:
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>> My crab-apple tree at the moment:
>> https://postimg.cc/jCsHYPHv

A lovely vibrant tree. I'd prune away those 3-4 lower branches, they
are stealing strength from the tree and preventing it from growing
taller. If not regularly pruned crabapple trees become a bush. Mark
those branches with a ribbon and remove them after the leaf fall at
the end of the growing season. Use a sharp pruning saw. First make a
cut on the lower portion of each branch to prevent striping the bark
when making the top cut. Spray the final cuts with sealent from a
plant nursery. You can use those branches for smoking meat. If you
don't smoke meat give them to someone who does... it'd be a shame to
turn them into compost.

Sheldon Martin

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Jun 6, 2020, 6:03:35 PM6/6/20
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People blend crabapples with other apples (fruits) for cooking,
baking, and making apple sauce. Good to blend with eating apples to
make hard cider/apple jack. If not the critters will surely eat them.

Sheldon Martin

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Jun 6, 2020, 6:08:02 PM6/6/20
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Crabapples contain a lot of pectin, good to add some to all other
fruit jams/jellies.

cshenk

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Jun 6, 2020, 6:54:30 PM6/6/20
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LOve it!

Looks like I can post a gallery.

cshenk

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Jun 6, 2020, 7:02:45 PM6/6/20
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You have a Golden Delicious and a Granny Smith there. 2 trees. I'll
snap fresh pictures tomorrow to show how there are apples *everywhere*
just now.

itsjoan...@webtv.net

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Jun 6, 2020, 8:38:26 PM6/6/20
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My former neighbor across the alley and her late husband planted 2 or 3 apple
trees in their backyard. One was an Arkansas Black, I think that was the
name. They were super dark burgundy, almost black, hence the name and I
thought they just looked not very appealing. Well, I was certainly fooled;
they were delicious apples!!

Bruce

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Jun 6, 2020, 9:17:37 PM6/6/20
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On Sat, 6 Jun 2020 17:38:22 -0700 (PDT), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
<itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:

>On Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 6:02:45 PM UTC-5, cshenk wrote:
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>> itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
>>
>> > On Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 2:23:08 PM UTC-5, cshenk wrote:
>> > >
>> > > I'll take a new pic shortly
>> > >
>> > > https://postimg.cc/gallery/9Zw9gYT
>> > >
>> > What flavors?
>>
>> You have a Golden Delicious and a Granny Smith there. 2 trees. I'll
>> snap fresh pictures tomorrow to show how there are apples *everywhere*
>> just now.
>>
>My former neighbor across the alley and her late husband planted 2 or 3 apple
>trees in their backyard.

How on earth is that possible?

Hank Rogers

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Jun 6, 2020, 9:22:26 PM6/6/20
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Take a deep whiff Gruce, then you'll figure it out.


graham

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Jun 6, 2020, 10:23:00 PM6/6/20
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Why not?

Gary

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Jun 7, 2020, 8:33:56 AM6/7/20
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Sheldon Martin wrote:
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> People blend crabapples with other apples (fruits) for cooking,
> baking, and making apple sauce. Good to blend with eating apples to
> make hard cider/apple jack. If not the critters will surely eat them.

As a young kid, I used to eat them occasionally. Sour but tasty.
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