426 the apple. 



Powers' Large, 



Originated witli Hiram Powers, Catskill, N. Y. Tree vigorous, 

 hardy, and pi-oductive. 



Fruit large, roundisli oblate, waxen white, shaded and striped -with 

 carmine, crimson, and yellow, and covered with a lilac bloom. Flesh 

 sharp, yet mild acid. Fine for cooking. Early October. 



Purple Siberian Crab. 



Fruit oblate. Color beautiful reddish purple on the sunny side, 

 covered with a bloom, the shaded side less brilliant, and the whole sur 

 face speckled with some gray dots. Flesh, like all the crabs, coarse and 

 harsh. 



Eed Siberian Crab. 



Frviit about three-fourths of an inch in diameter, very regularly 

 formed, and rather flat. Skin smooth, of a lively scarlet over a clear 

 3^ellow gi-ound, and, when the bloom is rubbed ofi", is highh^ polished. 

 Stalk nearly two inches long, and very slender. Calyx small, slightly 

 sunk. Fit for preserving in September and October. 



Rouen Transparent Crab. 



Fruit small, oblate, bright carmine i^ed on light yellow. Stalk slen- 

 der, very long, set in a deep wide cavity. Flesh yello\A'ish white, acid. 

 September. 



Showy Crab. 



Fruit small, roundish oval, yellow, dotted with red in sun. Stalk 

 very long. Flesh dry. 'Not valuable. 



SOULARD, 



A sort of little value except in appeai'ance. It is said to have 

 originated near St. Loxiis, Mo. 



Friiit medium, oblate, clear smooth greenish yeiloAv, with many 

 minute, suffused, dark green dots. Stalk short for a crab, slender, narrow 

 cavity. Calyx small, closed. Basin medium, slightl}' corrugated. Flesh 

 white, bitter, astringent, unfit for anything except cider. 



Striped Siberian Crab. 



Fruit medium size, roundish. Color rose yellowish, red striped all 

 over, carmine on the sunny side, more yellow towards the stalk, covered 

 with a fine white bloom. 



Transcendent. 



This is one of the best of early autumn varieties. 

 Fruit medium to large for its clnss, roundish oblong, flattened at it.i 

 ends, slightly but regularly ribbed, golden yellow, with a rich crimsouj 



