254 DESCRIPTION OF APPLES AND PEARS. 



Whitney No. 20. Apple. Called "Whitney 

 Crab." Tree, a moderate very upright grower; 

 shoots, dark and stout; foliage heavy dark green; 

 hardiness 2 in nursery, i in orchard; fruit, small to 

 medium, conical, yellow nearly covered with red, 

 faintly striped; quality very good; season, August 

 and September. 



Hislop Crab. Tree, strong upright grower, 

 making a round head in orchard. Hardiness, i; 

 fruit, nearly 2 inches in diameter, conical, dark red, 

 almost black, quality good until too ripe, when it 

 becomes mealy and tasteless; season, October to 

 November. 



There are probably 50 or more varieties of crab 

 apples and hybrids which are crosses between the 

 apple and crab that are of more or less value; some 

 of them for high northern latitudes are very valu- 

 able, but as a class they are very much subject to 

 blight, and their dissemination should on this 

 account be discouraged. The Martha, Gen. Grant, 

 Strawberry, Minnesota, and Briars Sweet are 

 reasonably free from it, but all are too well-known 

 to require description. 



Yellow Transparent. (This was omitted in its 

 order and inserted here.) Tree, fairly good grower; 

 shoots yellow; foliage light green; hardiness, 2 to 

 3; said to blight badly south and east but has not 

 blighted here to any great extent; is an early and 

 good bearer. Fruit medium or above; color, 

 golden yellow; quality, very good; season, August. 



