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Sep 30, 2024 · Crabapple, any of several small trees of the genus Malus, in the rose family (Rosaceae). Crabapples are native to North America and Asia and are widely grown for their attractive form, spring flower display, and decorative fruits.
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Apr 23, 2013 · Crab apple (genus Malus) is a deciduous tree that differs from the orchard apple in bearing smaller, often acidic or astringent fruits. Approximately nine species of crab apples are native to North America, mostly east of the Rocky Mountains , with only one, M. fusca (Oregon or Pacific crab), being native to British Columbia .
Whilst native Americans farmed and harvested the native crabapple species that grew throughout North America, like the Oregon crabapple (Malus fusca). New apple species, varieties and seedlings were brought across from Europe when colonisers first came to America.
Only crabapples (Malus Fusca) were native to the Northwest, and they were noted during Captain George Vancouver’s voyage, when Surgeon Archibald Menzies saw wild crab apple trees at Port Discovery, May 2, 1792.
Jan 17, 2017 · British Columbia’s native Pacific crab apple (Malus fusca or Pyrus fusca), however, may look very much as the ancestors of cultivated apples did many thousands of years ago. Bearing scented blooms, edible fruit and growing to a small stature, it has much potential as a garden and landscape plant.
Before settlers came to Western Washington, Pacific Crabapple trees flourished in adapting to the sometimes-poor conditions of the cold and moist climate of the Pacific Northwest. Natives protected and respecting the tree as a part of their community.
Believe it or not, all of the apples in our grocery stores originally came from crabapple trees. Technically, apples are a type of crabapple, rather than the other way around. Apples and crabapples reside in the genus Malus .
