Mach5, im honored! Tell me where to chop it! ill have to get you some better photos, and the field is currently covered in a foot of snow, its a big tree, luckily it sits rather close to my "bonsai lab" my experience with crab apples is that they take well to collecting, when done in spring, throw roots and shoots everywhere, pretty much like an elm, my only minor concern is that I've not collected a yellow one yet, and they are different, though im not that concerned.
JoeR, I have access to many many wild crab apples, most of them make red apples, but there are quite a few other yellows. actually there is a very nice large red one I have my eye on as well.. I pass on quite a few that I think or worthy of a dig Been working on my priority list assembling the order of the trees I plan collect this coming spring.. and this year I have quite a bit of repotting to do. found a really neat super old small wild apple that I want to get, im obsessed with hornbeam currently, so I've got a few of those up top of my list.. couple beech, another real old large hawthorne, but yes im honored to have my material draw interest from guys of your caliber! obviously id want to make sure the tree is alive and well before we strike a deal or trade, totally open to ship, I have a custom box building/shipping department at my shop and can get LTL quotes or UPS ground quotes very fast and easily. not looking to get rich here.. I enjoy it and would feel good that someone likes the material. Once the snow thaws ill take photos and you guys can pick and choose any you like and tell me where you want the chops and any other requests and ill do the grunt work! already been stocking up on pumice and lava in preparation for the up coming season, really need to up my container game this year too.
