Since other Centennial Crab apples are not sweet and ours are very sweet we have considered renaming these Sweet Centennial Crabs. These seem slightly larger and yellower than the ones elsewhere as well. These are little plum shaped fruits with rose blush over pale yellow. These are slow growing trees that seem to stay small even on larger growing rootstock. They are challenging to graft and their growth patterns are unique among the apples in our orchard. However, we’ve found them to be well worth the trouble. They are lovely, delicious, disease resistant and consistent producers.

Categories: dessert apple

Tags: Disease-resistant, Harvest period early, Pollination Group A