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erately fine, at first juicy but eventually becoming dry and mealy, subacid, 

 astringent, good for culinary purposes. 

 Season late September and October. 



LARGE RED SIBERIAN. 



REFERENCES, i. Downing, 1845:147. 2. Cole, 1849:137. 3. Fitz, 1872:147. 

 4. Barry, 1883:359. 5. Wickson, 1889:249. 6. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:243. 

 SYNONYMS. None. 



This fruit is of medium size for a Siberian crab, being larger 

 than Red Siberian, but smaller than either Transcendent or Hyslop. 

 It is similar to Red Siberian in appearance and quality. The foliage 

 is coarser than that of Red Siberian, and the tree is larger, being 

 medium to rather large, a vigorous grower, erect or roundish, with 

 long, slender twigs. It is very hardy, healthy, moderately long-lived, 

 and a reliable cropper, yielding heavy crops biennially or some- 

 times annually. It has long been known in cultivation, and is still 

 listed by nurserymen (6), but larger and handsomer varieties of 

 more recent introduction are generally preferred in market. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit of medium size, uniform in size and shape. Form roundish to 

 roundish ovate, regular. Stem medium to long, slender. Cavity acuminate, 

 shallow, moderately broad, often furrowed, usually russeted. Calyx medium 

 size, closed; lobes long, narrow, acuminate. Basin shallow or none, obtuse, 

 wrinkled, having mammiform protuberances. 



Skin thin, tough, smooth, pale yellow, almost wholly overlaid with bright 

 red and marked with obscure narrow stripes of dark red. Dots very small, 

 light, inconspicuous. 



Calyx tube short, wide, urn-shape. Stamens median to marginal. 



Core medium size, axile; cells closed; core lines meeting. Carpels ovate 

 to obovate, emarginate. Seeds glossy, dark brown, rather small, short, 

 wide, obtuse. 



Flesh yellowish, very firm, subacid, astringent, good for culinary uses. 



Season September and October. 



LARGE YELLOW SIBERIAN. 



REFERENCES, i. Warder, 1867:732. 2. Downing, 1869:425. 3. Barry, 

 1883:360. 4. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:243. 

 SYNONYMS. None. 



Fruit large, similar in size to Large Red Siberian, clear pale yellow with 

 a shade of red in the sun, roundish approaching oblong truncate; season 

 September and October. Tree upright, somewhat irregular in form, of me- 



