ornaments

we northerners plant crabapples everywhere, but mostly because they produce effusive blossoms in the spring, and these cascades of red fruit in the fall. i know you can make jam and preserves from them, and in most instances i  prefer fruit trees grown for their fruit, but i have to say that a late november crabapple with no leaves and a crimson cloud of fruit, when everything else is gray, is something i’m willing to celebrate, without thinking about edibility.

crab apples in late september