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Let us look at the characteristics of the crab apple tree; easiest to remember when you think of them compared to a cultivated apple tree. The bark on the trunk of younger trees is greyish brown; the older the tree the rougher the bark on the trunk. The crown of the tree is dense and the tips of dried twigs are sharp as thorns. The flowers and shoots are quite similar on all the trees. Best is to check the leaves: the leaves of the crab apple are shiny on the top side and the leaf tip turns downwards. The undersides of the leaves are always hairy on the garden apple trees, naked on the crab apple. Naturalised apple trees have the general characteristics of cultivated apple trees but they don’t carry on all the cultured properties of their particular parent trees.