Wild Crabapple
Malus angustifolia
One of four apple varieties native to North America, also known as Southern Crabapple.
One of four apple varieties native to North America, the Southern, or "Wild" Crabapple (Malus angustifolia) was grown extensively at Monticello. Jefferson noted the planting of twelve "from the N. to the S. Pavilion near the brow of the stone" in 1807, but came to favor the Hewes' (a.k.a. Hughes') Crabapple, likely a hybrid of the Southern Crabapple and a domesticated apple, to produce cider, comparing the juice yield to "squeezing a wet sponge."
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Heirloom Seeds and Plants from the Monticello collection
Plant history in your gardens with seeds and plants from Monticello and the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants.
