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Drying Crabapples?

21 years ago

I have a crabapple tree with hundreds of bright red fruits. I have this idea in my head of stringing them like cranberries and letting them dry. Has anybody tried this with crabapples? I have not been able to find anything on the web about this.

Thanks...Kay.

Comments (3)

erasmus_gw
21 years ago
Haven't tried it but thanks for the idea. My tree is full of them. I know you can dry flowers in a microwave, so maybe you could dry crabapples in one. On the other hand, it might be easier to string them before drying, and just let them dry on their own.
annemarie
20 years ago
I was just out looking at my Crabapple tree and I'm wondering if anyone has tried this yet? If so how did you do it and how did they turn out?
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Rosemarie Annonson
6 years ago
Original post 2002. One of you have tried. Did it work? I'm thinking along the same lines. Stringing on cotton cord with knotted space in between or fish line with a large needle. It's been fifteen years. What did you use the dried fruits for? Did the dried fruit retain any smell? Vit. content? Did you hydrate before use?

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