How to Use crab apple in a Sentence
crab apple
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And moose head into town too, avoiding deep snow in the mountains and finding crab apples that plunk down along Anchorage streets.
— Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2023 -
This is the recipe Mathews followed for the crab apple jelly in her recipe.
— Nancy Stohs, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2019 -
Come May, the park’s cherry and crab apple trees will put on their spring display.
— Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2022 -
Choose crab apple trees with care for stunning spring blooms.
— Ariel Cheung, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2022 -
Soon after, his class planted a crab apple tree outside the school.
— New York Times, 13 July 2022 -
There is a deep sink in which to rinse and prepare vegetables from the garden and fruits from the orchard (pears, quince, crab apples and plums).
— New York Times, 12 Mar. 2020 -
One thing that truly set people off, though, is the removal of Jackie Kennedy’s crab apple trees.
— Elly Belle, refinery29.com, 26 Aug. 2020 -
Nearby was a test garden filled with crab apple trees and native plants like the Pulsatilla and the Baptisia.
— Sydney Ember, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2018 -
For those looking to replace a tree, Renkert suggested an amur maple, a crab apple tree or an amur chokecherry (a type of chokecherry that hasn’t gone feral).
— Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Aug. 2021 -
Visit again in April to see thousands of yellow and white daffodils on Daffodil Hill, and the branches of nearby cherry and crab apple trees should be covered in clouds of pink and white.
— Cameron Walker, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2021 -
This autumn, cardinals and blue jays will snatch orange crab apples from twisted branches.
— Bart Ziegler, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2017 -
Along with many more magnolia trees, bloom lovers may also find that the 400 crab apple trees along the Great Basin provide a quintessential spring experience.
— Cameron Walker, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2021 -
If any of your plants had a serious problem, such as apple scab on crab apple trees or viburnum leaf beetles on viburnum shrubs, do clean it up to reduce the risk that the problem will return next year.
— Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 27 Nov. 2021 -
Heartier dishes include the duck breast with pea tendrils and casa forcella crab apple mostarda; and the beef cheeks with avocado, green chile, crema, radish.
— Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022 -
Clean up diseased or infested plants: If any of your plants had a serious problem, such as apple scab on crab apple trees or black spot on rose bushes, clean them up to reduce the risk that the problem will return next year.
— Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 20 Nov. 2022 -
Traditional mezcal, rompope (or Mexican eggnog), and a punch made of tejocote (crab apple), cinnamon, pears, and sugar.
— Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2022 -
Apple scab Usually known for picturesque, pink flowers, crab apple trees may already have been infected with apple scab, a fungal disease that infects the leaves.
— Vikki Ortiz, chicagotribune.com, 23 May 2018 -
Allan noted that his current project, the red flesh apple, contains a single gene taken from a crab apple which increases its antioxidants.
— New York Times, 20 July 2021 -
The spring planting, which was tentatively scheduled to start next week weather-permitting, also consists of 50 trees planted on Archmere Avenue (crab apple trees) and Roadoan Road (black gum trees).
— John Benson, cleveland, 22 Apr. 2021 -
The redo of the iconic Rose Garden raised a few eyebrows with traditionalists who were not happy about the removal of crab apple trees that were included in the original design by gardener and landscape designer Bunny Mellon.
— Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2021
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