Pioneers passing through the area named it for its abundance of wild crab apple trees. The square is landscaped with oak, pine, maple, linden, juniper, and flowering crab apple trees. There were plum trees, apple and crab apple trees. Usually made of woods such as crab apple, alder, willow, sycamore, etc. There were many crab apple trees around Almalik. Here oak is more abundant, and crab apple can be found. The plant family collection includes Maple, crab apple, birch and conifer among others. Also growing are hawthorn, blackthorn, crab apple, wild cherry and holly. Crab Orchard was named for the many crab apple trees near the original town site. Flora include crab apple trees, cuckoo flowers and pyramidal orchid. Crab Apple Jelly is a 1944 short story collection by Frank O'Connor. Some examples include peaches, apples, crab apple, pears, plums, grapes, currant, tomato and olives. The 'Evereste' crab apple also uses as pollinizer for domesticated apples which are self-sterile.