THE 



Canadian Horticuuurist 



DECEMBER, 1903 



Volume XXVI 



Number 12 



CEAB APPLES 



TRANSCENDANT. 



An excellent early autumn variety of the hybrid 

 crabs. 



Origin : United States. 



Trek: of moderate slender gro\vth, hardy, some- 

 what subject to twig blight. 



Fruit: size 1^ inches long by 1| broad, which is 

 a medium size for its class ; form roundish oblong, 

 flattened at the ends, ribbed ; color of skin, golden 

 yellow with crimson cheek and thin whitish bloom ; 

 stem one and a quarter inches long set in an open 

 deep cavity ; calyx closed, segments large, set in a 

 hollow, slightly corrugated basin. 



Flesh: color yellowish; texture crisp and moderate- 

 ly firm ; flavor acid, slightly astringent, becoming 

 pleasant when fully ripe. 



Season: August and September. 



HYSLOP. 



A well known and widely cultivated variety of 

 hj'brid crab. Its dark, rich, red color and its late 

 .season make it a valuable variety. 



Tree: vigorous, of spreading habit. 



Fruit: size If inches by 1| ; form roundish ovate, 

 obscurely angular ; color a dark rich red, covered 

 with heavy blue bloom, and having many obscure 

 j'ellowish dots ; t-tem about one inch and an eighth 

 in length, set in an obtuse, regular cavity. 



Flesh; yellowish, acid. 



Season: September a nd October. 



V.\lue: very good for culinary uses and for cider. 



ORANGE. 



A fairly good dessert variety of hybrid crab. 



Orkjin: United States. 



Tree: a slow grower, productive. 



Fruit: size medium, 1^ inches by 1| ; form round, 

 slightly flattened at the ends ; color light orange, 

 with minute white dots and russet veins; stem, 

 .slender, IJ inch in length, .set in a deep open cavity; 

 calyx closed, in a furrowed basin. 



Flesh: color yellowish, with yellow veinings ; text- 

 ure a little dry : flavor mild, pleasant acid. 



Se.\son: September. 



WHITNEY. 



(Whitney's No. 20.) 



One of the most popular and widely planted of the 

 hybrid crabs, being large in size and good for dessert 

 or cooking purposes and for cider making. 



Origin: Illinois. 



Tree: very hardy. 



Fruit: large for its class, measuring 2 inches long 

 by 24 broad; color waxen yellow ground nearly 

 covered with dark red and crimson, and having a 

 few minute, white dots; stem one inch long in a 

 wide, obtuse, regular cavity ; calyx closed in a flat 

 wrinkled basin. 



Flesh: color yellow; texture tender and juicy; 

 flavor sub-acid, pleasant. 



Value: dessert second rate; cooking first rate. 



Season : August to September. 



In the southern fruit districts of Ontario 

 the hybrid crab apples are of little commer- 

 cial value, and are never planted for profit. 

 Here and there a tree or two may be found 

 in the garden or on the lawn as an orna- 

 ment, or to supply the house with fruit 

 enough for preserves or jelly, which latter is 

 highly esteemed. Thirty or forty years ago 

 the Transcendent, the Montreal Beauty and 

 the Yellow Siberian were the varieties most- 

 ly planted, and of these the Transcendent 

 still holds its place, though largely supplant- 

 ed by the Hyslop. 



But, in the far north, wh«re our fine com- 

 mercial apples cannot be grown, it has been 

 found that hybrids of the Siberian crab with 

 the common apple are of the greatest value. 

 The Siberian crabs proper (Pyrns baccata) 



