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T i m · 12-03-2013, 02:26 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:35:09 +0000 (GMT), wrote:

In article ,
T i m wrote:

Mum tasted a bit of one and she thinks it tasted 'appley', and not at
all sour or bitter (considering it was so small etc). We wondered if
it had sweetened up as it matured etc?

That's fairly common, but crab apples aren't always sour or bitter.

Ah, ok, thanks.

Would a picture of the tree or a leaf (if there are any) cinch it do
you think?

Not of the tree.

Ok.

A leaf might, but someone would need to check
whether there are any Malus allies with similar fruit.

Ok.

Personally,
I would call it a crab apple and leave it at that - trying to
divide them up into Malus this and Malus that is a job for a
more botanically adept person (with all due apologies).

None needed here, I'm an engineer with blue fingers. [1] ;-)

I never
bother.

And that's fine. It was just 'an interest of ours to see if it was
easy enough to pin down exactly, and I appreciate it may not be with
such restricted information or further (disproportionate) effort.

Thanks again for your help.

Cheers, T i m

[1] I did have a bit of an allotment (a neighbours garden) over the
last few years with mixed success. For much of it (and ignoring the
'organic' issues etc) it was much much cheaper, quicker and easier
(for me) to pop up the road and buy stuff from the market or
supermarket when required.

There was one goodun though, one of the few veg I actually 'enjoy'
(rather than just eat because I know I should) is runner beans and
they seemed to grow thick and fast. So fast that I gave most of them
away in fact (we don't have room for a big freezer) and until the
black (green / white?)fly turned up. ;-(