A Crabapple Planting

Posted by Georgene A. Bramlage Sep 22, 2006

I recently visited The University of Massachusetts Cold Spring Orchard in western MA where 18 kinds of ornamental crabapple trees form the backdrop to the Founders' Memorial Garden. Cold Spring Orchard is the demonstration, research and educational fruit-growing resource for UMass Amherst. The Garden honors those people who bought this orchard in 1962 and gave it to the University for fruit research.

Here is a list of the 18 crabapple trees planted in the Founders Memorial Garden at Cold Spring Orchard,

Row #1
1. Red Baron (Red Barron)
2. Snowdrift
3. Prairie Fire
4. Sargent
5. Donald Wyman
6. Louisa
Row #2
7. White Cascade
8. Profusion
9. Molten Lava
10. Candy Mint
11. Candied Apple
12. Coralburst
Row #3
13. Sugar Tyme
14. Winter
15. Cardinal
16. Narraganset
17. Harvest Gold
18. Adams

This planting next to the orchard packing house and store is available for viewing by the general public. For directions and orchard store hours of operation consult The University of Massachusetts Cold Spring Orchard web site.