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Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs

May 8, 2017

Monday Morning Mystery 050817

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Here's another mystery from 8-year-old Elizabeth, who visited the Celery Farm recently and wondered:

Why are Crab Aples called Crab Apples?

(Crab Apple blossoms at the Celery Farm, above.)

 

1 comment

  • joanne
    9 years ago Reply

    Crab apples are wild apples. They are very sour and astringent.
    Branches of the tree on which the apples grow are supposed to resemble crab legs.

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  • joanne
    9 years ago Reply

    Crab apples are wild apples. They are very sour and astringent.
    Branches of the tree on which the apples grow are supposed to resemble crab legs.

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