2S0 S) SIKMATIC J'OMOLUUY 



DD. Color rod or strij)i>(i with rod. 



K. Skin scarcely striped 438. Ilyslop. 



EK. Skin striped with red. 



F. P'lavor niihl subacid; August.... 430. Whitney. 

 FF. Flavor subacid and astringent ; 



Se{)tenil)er 440. Large Red Siberian. 



CO. Fruit round-oblate or not ovate. 

 D. Skin scarcely striped with red. 



E. Stem short; blushed with dull red; 



flesh very yellow 441. Gibb. 



EE. Stem long; fruit brilliant red; 

 flesh yellowish. 



F. With stem bracted, stout 442. Transcendent. 



FF. With stem not bracted, slender. 



G. Season early — August 443. Florence. 



GG. Season late— October 444. Martha. 



DD. Skin striped with red. 



E. Fruit small; stem very long bracted. 445. Cherry. 

 EE. Fruit large ; stem medium 446. September. 



433. Van Wyck. — Although this sweet crab-apple originated 

 in Duchess County, New York, it is now seldom found in eastern 

 United States, but is advertised by western nurserymen. Its 

 only value is that it is one of a few sweet crab-apples. It seems 

 to have been first described by Downing in 1872. 



Fruit large for a Siberian crab-apple, whitish shaded with bright red, 

 covered with bloom; flesh white, tender, juicy, sweet, rich; core small, 

 closed; quality good; August and September. 



434. Orange. — This is an old eastern crab-apple, at one time 

 a favorite, but now seldom grown east of the Mississippi. 

 Nurserymen on the Great Plains list it and speak well of it. Its 

 origin is not known, but it seems to have been first described by 

 Downing in 1869. 



Tree round-topped, spreading, dwarfish, rather slow in growth, hardy, 

 long-lived, productive, bearing annually. Fruit of medium size, round 

 or slightly oblate; stem very long, slender; cavity open, deep, acute, with 

 a trace of russet; calyx closed; basin very shallow, wrinkled; skin orange- 

 yellow, often netted with russet ; dots -svhite, obscure ; core open ; flesh light 

 salmon-yellow, rather dry, mild subacid with a sweet aftertaste; quality 

 good; September to November. 



435. Minnesota. — In the northern part of the Great Plains, 

 where the hardy crab-apple is a favorite fruit, Minnesota finds 

 favor ; elsewhere it is hardly knowTi. The variety is an old one, 

 having originated in Minnesota some time previous to 1872. 



