If you've ever passed a beautiful tree covered with tiny, colorful fruit, you've seen crab apples. Can you eat crab apples—or are they purely ornamental? Prepare to pick a bushel, because the ...

If you're concerned about fruit drop, avoid planting them near walks and driveways. The fruit is a good food source for many forms of wildlife and makes great jelly. The flowers benefit many ...

Crab apples fall into two camps – the native British ... on the surface to push the juice through but do not press the fruit fibres through. Leave to strain for several hours or overnight ...

If you enjoy a glut of tree fruit, peel, core, slice and cook it with or without sugar, then freeze. Apples can also be dried if sliced into rings. Quince, cooking apples and crab apples have a ...