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Applecrabs are various hybrids between crabapples and apples. They are bred for varying reasons, including disease resistance and use in cold climates (because they are often hardier than apple trees and their fruit has the good eating qualities of apples). Applecrabs are sometimes distinguished from apples if the fruit diameter is less than 5 cm.〔 ==Cold-hardy applecrabs== Canadian horticultural botanist William Saunders (1822–1900) produced a number of such hybrids as part of an effort to develop good-quality eating apples for the Canadian prairies, by crossing the domesticated apple cultivars with selected winter-hardy crabapple species. Cultivars include: * Malus 'Columbia', from one of Saunders' early experiments crossing ''M. baccata'' (from Siberia) with relatively hardy apples.〔 * Malus 'Kerr', from crossing 'Dolgo' crabapple and 'Haralson' apple. * Malus 'Osman', from one of Saunders' early experiments crossing ''M. baccata'' with relatively hardy apples.〔 * Malus 'Rescue'. * Malus 'Trailman, from crossing 'Trail' with 'Osman'. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Applecrab」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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