Apple ID

[William Clifford]

 

Hi,

 

Could anyone ID this for me? It needs replacing! Carrying out planned work in clients garden and was asked to remove this as an extra. The lady of the house came back and was very upset to find her husband had had one of her favourite trees cut down.

 

Then the question will be asked if we can find a sizeable replacement.

 

Thank you.

 

 

Edited July 30, 2021 by William Clifford

[Stere]

A big one with pink blossom.

 

Was the apple a cooker or eater?

 

Might be a crab apple?

[Paul in the woods]

The flowers and habit does look like a crab apple to me. If it was removed recently were there any fruit on it to help id the variety?

 

I'm with the lady of the house, it looked like a lovely tree worth keeping.

[William Clifford]

I thought Crab, but put it out there as so many different varieties. It was cut down last week and there were no apples or flowers. The two flower pictures were taken by the lady previously. It was a good size, around 25ft. Growing out of an up and coming Yew tree and against a Leylandii hedge so was very leggy. But yes, in blossom obviously looked very nice. Probably especially so this year - it's been the best year I have ever seen for Crab blossom around here.

 

So, what variety of Crab?

[BonzerBob]

Magdeburgensis?

[William Clifford]

Cheers Bob, it does look like it. Thanks for the help.