Whitney Crabapple *this tree will not attract deer during hunting season, it is a preseason attraction bears late August/early September in PA extremely vigorous heavy bearing, but tends to be biennial zone 4 hardy disease resistant precocious this is a grafted tree onto full standard seedling rootstock -1.5-2" fruit considers it a crabapple, but definitely flavored well to eat fresh. The growth rate on Whitney crab is very fast. Leaves and fruit grow super clean making for a beautiful tree. It definitely shows Cedar Apple Rust and scab tolerance/resistance. -This is not a tree that will attract deer during hunting season, it also tends to be biennial, however, it grows so well I think everyone should have at least one on their property. I am using this tree in my breeding program in hopes I can retain all of her positive traits and tweak the drop time to early November. Supposedly there are two strains of Whitney out there, I am not sure which this is, but definitely not the variety that grows a compact/small tree. *This is a grafted tree on full standard seedling apple rootstock, chosen specifically to grow the tree as fast and large as possible. If there was a more vigorous rootstock out there, I would use it.
