I’m after an identification on the following fruit.
It’s about as big as an olive fruit.
Has some apple like seeds inside - I imagine it’s a crab apple of some type?
Thanks!!!
Fruit Identification - Crab Apple?
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Re: Fruit Identification - Crab Apple?
It looks like what I get on Malus "Floribunda" - other crab fruit is usually larger, with more of them.
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Re: Fruit Identification - Crab Apple?
Do you have any pictures of the flowers? There are a few that produce yellow fruit. Malus Sargentii is another.
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Re: Fruit Identification - Crab Apple?
Negative - will have to wait until spring. This is from a tree from the ‘hood.
About 2 x 4 m.
About 2 x 4 m.
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Re: Fruit Identification - Crab Apple?
Certainly looks like a crab apple and fruits are just ripening now but there could be a few other things with similar fruit. One of the characteristics of apple is the arrangement of seeds inside the fruit. When cut across there is a distinct 5 sided star pattern.
Pics of leaves, leaf arrangement (opposite or alternate), bark and the overall tree shape would also add clues to the ID.
Pics of leaves, leaf arrangement (opposite or alternate), bark and the overall tree shape would also add clues to the ID.
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