APPLES. 



NO. 10. MAIDENS BLUSH. 



This is an apple of large size, and great beauty 5 

 exhibiting a lively contrast: a yellow ground, with a 

 bright red cheek, whence it derives its name, given to it 

 by Samuel Allinson Esq. late of Burlington, who first 

 brought it into notice : the form is flat, the skin smooth* 

 the flesh white, tender and sprightly, remarkably 

 light and fitted for drying, for which it is preferred to 

 any apple of the season : the stalk is short, and grows 

 in a deep hollow, as does the eye the fruit ripens in 

 August, and continues in perfection till the end of 

 September, and is fit both for pies and the table : the 

 tree is uncommonly handsome, as well as vigorous in 

 its growth, forming a fine open and spreading head ; 

 it bears abundantly and constantly, and is a very pop- 

 ular apple in the Philadelphia market. 



NO. 11. SIBERIAN CRAB. 



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The Siberian crab is a very beautiful apple; of the 

 size of a very large cherry, which it resembles in co- 

 lour, skin and stalk. They are principally used for 

 preserving, and are much admired for their great 

 beauty and fine flavour : they grow in clusters, with 

 long thin stems ; the flesh is rich and yellow, the tree 



