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wrinkled; skin pale yellow striped with carmine and overspread with thin 

 bloom; dots distinct, numerous, large, white or russet; calyx-tube funnel- 

 form; stamens marginal; core large, axile; cells closed; carpels broadly 

 round or elliptical, emarginate, mucronate; flesh yellow, coarse, juicy, 

 crisp, mild subacid, astringent; fair; August to October. 



446. September. — This variety, also, comes from Peter Gideon, 

 but is not as desirable as several other of his crab-apples, though 

 the fruits are handsome and of good quality for either dessert 

 or culinary uses. The trees, though vigorous, have short, stout, 

 crooked, twisted branches, — serious defects which make the 

 variety much more difficult to manage than several of its orchard 

 associates. The variety is said to be a seedling from the Cherry 

 crab. 



Tree vigorous, open, with short, stout, crooked branches. Fruit medium 

 to large, round-oblate to oblong, ribbed, sides usually unequal; stem long, 

 slender; cavity obtuse, shallow, broad; sometimes russeted; calyx large, 

 closed or partly open; basin mammillate, shallow, deep, obtuse; skin thin, 

 tender, smooth, pale yellow, striped with red, overspread Avith bloom; dots 

 small, scattering, gray or brown; calyx-tube short, broadly funnelform. 

 pistil point persistent; stamens median; core medium size, axile or abaxile; 

 cells closed or wide open; core-lines clasping, carpels round, elongated; 

 seeds of medium size, wide, short, acute, light dull brown; flesh yellow, 

 tender, juicy, subacid; good to very good; September. 



