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Kerr Crabapple Tree
Kerr Crabapple Tree
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Kerr, also called Kerr Applecrab or Morden 352, was selected by W. L. Kerr at the Morden Research Station from a cross of Dolgo crabapple and Haralson. The cultivar was released in 1952.
The small oblong apples reach about 1.75 inches and have dark red to purple skin, yellow flesh, and a crisp juicy sweet tart flavour. Fruit ripens in the middle of September, hangs late, and can store for several months. It is used fresh and for canning. Kerr has good resistance to fire blight and apple scab.
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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 3
- Fruit
- Small oblong apples about 1.75 in long, dark red to purple with yellow fleshCrisp, juicy, sweet and tart
- Uses
- Fresh eating and canningHangs late on the tree and stores for several months
- Mature size
- 20 to 30 ft tallFull size, on Siberian crabapple rootstock
- First fruit
- About 4 to 5 years after plantingTypical for prairie apples
- Site and soil
- Full sun and soil that drains well
Ripening
Mid September
Timing varies with season and site
More about this plant
A Morden applecrab
Kerr, also called Kerr Applecrab or Morden 352, was selected by W. L. Kerr at the Morden Research Station from a cross of Dolgo crabapple and Haralson. It was released in 1952.
Cold hardinessZone 3 · Canadian maps for this plant
Zone 3 and warmer
The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.
About these maps
Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.
Open Government Licence – CanadaPollination
Apples need pollen from a different apple or crabapple to set fruit. A second variety in your yard will do it, and so will a neighbour's apple or fruiting crabapple. Double flowered ornamental crabapples make no pollen and do not count.