the apple. 39 



Brier's Sweet Crab. 



Originated with B. B. Brier, of Baraboo, Wis. Is the result of a 

 fertilization of the Siberian Crab with the Bailey apple. Tree perfectly 

 liarily, vigorous and jiroductive. 



Fruit as large as the Transcendent ; shaped like the Bailey Sweet ; 

 ?olor pale yellow, beautifully pencilled and splashed with carmine ; tlesh 

 yellowish, crisp, juicy, very sweet and rich ; quality best for dessei-t 

 or preserves. (A. G. Tuttle, Manuscript.) 



Lady Elgin. 

 Geneva. Marengo Siberian, No. 4. 



This beautiful new Siberian apple originated on the farm of James 

 Forbes, of Hi'dott Township, 111. Tree hardy, vigorous, upright, slender 

 branches, very jiroductive, a pleasant dessert fruit, and said to be excel- 

 lent for canning ; the slight acid or vinous flavor being pi-eferred by 

 some to the rich sweet of the peach. 



Fruit large for a Siberian, roundish oblate, regular ; skin smooth, 

 whitish yellow, nearly covered with bright rich red, a few light and 

 gray dots ; stalk medium, slender ; cavity small ; calyx closed ; basin 

 shallow, corrugated; flesh white, fine, tender, juicy, mild subacid, 

 slightly vinous ; very good. September, December. 



Mackie's Beauty Siberian. 



Originated with Matthew Mackie, Clyde, N. Y. Tree vigorous ; 

 very productive. 



Fi-uit large of its class, roundish oblate ; skin whitish, nearly cov- 

 ered with deep rich red, a light gi-ayish bloom, and a few light dots ; 

 stalk rather long, slender ; cavity quite large ; calyx closed ; basin 

 broad, rather shallow, corrugated ; flesh white, crisp, tender, moderately 

 juicy, subacid, a little astringent. September. 



Sylvan Sweet Crab. 



Raised by Mrs. C. P. Ailing, Sylvan, Richland County, Wis., from 

 seed of Siberian Crab, and A. L. Hatch, of that town, describes the tree 

 as vigorous, liandsome, and suited to a northern latitude ; he says the 

 flesh is tender, jiiicy, and sweet, and thinks it would make good cider. 



Fruit large, two inches or more in diameter, roundish oblate ; skin 

 smooth, light yellow, nearly covered with bright red ; stalk long, slen- 

 der ; cavity medium ; basin rather small ; flesh yellowish, tender, juicy, 

 mild, pleasant sweet ; core rather large ; ripens last of August and first 

 of September. [Pomologist and Gardener.) 



Van Wyck's Siberian. 



A chance seedling on the farm of Miss Caroline Van Wyck, Fish- 

 kill, Dutchess County, N. Y. Tree vigorous, u])right, productive. 



Fruit large for a Siberian, roundish, slightly conic ; skin smooth, 

 whitish, shaded and mottled with light bright red, and covered with a 

 thin bloom; stalk rather long, slender; cavity rather narrow, dee]); 

 calyx closed ; basin medium, smooth ; flesh whitish, fine, rather firm, 

 moderately juicy, rather rich, honeyed sw^eet ; good ; core small and close. 

 September. 



