Long, conic and often pointy dark red crabapples look like enlarged cranberries and taste a bit like them, too. Mostly tart and slightly sweet with a bitter finish. One of the varieties used in Michigan State University’s red-flesh breeding program. A cider with a 1:4 blend of Cranberry and common commercial orchard varieties Red Delicious, Empire and Idared won the gold medal at the 2016 Great Lakes International Cider and Perry Competition. Blooms midseason. Z4. Maine Grown. (Semi-dwarf: 2½-5' bare-root trees)
Items from our perennial plants warehouse ordered on or before March 7 will ship around March 31 through late April, starting with warmer areas and finishing in colder areas. Orders placed after March 7 will ship around late April through early-to-mid May, in the order in which they were received.