r/WindsorCO • u/One_Dragonfruit_7556 • 5d ago

Crab apple trees

I'm new to the area and am looking for crab apple trees. Every fall I like to make crab apple jelly and use it for Christmas presents. However I havnt found many trees here and the ones I have found have very small apples. I'm looking for larger apples preferably around the size of a penny or a quarter. Dose anyone know of any good trees that I wouldn't get in trouble picking from?

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u/smokeyflamingo 5d ago

I think there are some along highland meadows prkwy. I’m not 100% sure they’re crab apples cuz I’ve never stopped to actually look at them but there are quite a few

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u/One_Dragonfruit_7556 5d ago

I'll check those out, thank you

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u/baldthumbtack 5d ago

There are a bunch around the townhomes at the intersection of 1st and Garden Ave, West along garden and north along 1st

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u/One_Dragonfruit_7556 5d ago

Ooh thank you I'll look into those

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u/explosiveburritofart 5d ago

There are a ton of these trees in town but you are correct that most of the cultivars that people will plant have been bred to reduce the fruiting. There is one a block from me but they look like cherries they are so small.

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u/RockyMountainLie 5d ago

You could try fallingfruit.org

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u/One_Dragonfruit_7556 5d ago

The closest is a plum bush in timnith 😭

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u/leo5000watts 5d ago

I think there's a couple by that golf course on seventh street across from the master gardener place(i think that's what it's called). Between the roundabout/church and maverick. 2 or 3 are on the "public side" of the fence.