Hewes Crab Apple
$6.00 – $89.00
- High quality hard cider crab. Mild bittersharp.
- Vigorous and dependable tree with heavy crops
- Fruit is red at full maturity but can be picked earlier
- A crabapple with fruits about 1 1/2 inches in diameter
- May be used also for culinary purposes
- Dates to before 1717, likely 1600s
- Grown and prized by Thomas Jefferson at Monticello
- Harvest in Walden VT in mid to late September most years
Description
Hewes comes in at roughly an inch and a half fitting firmly in the crab category. Yellow orange to red skinned with yellow/goldish flesh. Categorized as a bittersharp but mildly so. A great hard cider variety (not a fresh eater). Also coined Virginia Crab this is claimed to be the same Virginia crab as that grown at Monticello by Thomas Jefferson. Very cold hardy (to zone 3) and disease resistant. Late summer bearing in New England. Strong grower.
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