Will a free start prairie fire crab apple tree come up true to its form?
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Sandra Mason
State Master Gardener Coordinator
Champaign/Ford/Iroquois/Vermilion Unit slmason@illinois.edu
Michelle, Not sure exactly what you mean with "free start" but if you mean seed than no, sorry but it won't be the same tree as the Prairiefire. crabapples readily cross pollinate with each other.