152 JPPL&S. 



NO. 87. ROANES WHITE CRAB. 



This apple I procured from Colonel John Roane 

 of Virginia the original tree was discovered a wil- 

 ding on his Estate, in tbe year 1790. In growth it 

 resembles the Hewes's crab; the leaves being very 

 delicate, the wood hard, and the size of the tree small; 

 it is an early and great bearer every second year: the 

 apple is very small, not larger than the Hewes's 

 crab ; the form is round, the stalk thin, the skin yellow, 

 with a small portion of russet about the stem, and 

 spots of red scattered over it : the flesh is rich, dry, 

 and of a musky sweetness ; rough to the taste, from 

 its astringent and fibrous properties, and leaving the 

 pomace undissolved after pressing : the liquor is re- 

 markably strong, of a sirupy consistence when first 

 made, but becoming singularly bright by proper fer- 

 mentation and racking. It will keep perfectly sweet 

 in casks well bunged, and placed in a cool cellar, 

 through our summer months : the fruit ripens in Sep- 

 tember and October, and may be kept without rotting 

 for late cider. 



NO* 88. GOLDEN RENNET* 



This apple was originally imported from England, 



