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Yorkshire Beauty. A good English culinary Apple, wit'i large 

 roundish-oval fruit. Skin yellow-green, with a rich flush on the cheek 

 and large dots of russet. Flesh juicy, and pleasantly sub-acid. Ripens 

 after mid-season, is a first-class cooking Apple, and will keep for a few 

 weeks. Tree a good bearer. 



Yorkshire Greening (Coates, Yorkshire Goose Sauce). An old and 

 excellent English variety, with large roundish-oblate irregular slightly- 

 ribbed fruit. Skin dark-green, with shades and broken stripes of dull- 

 red and traces of russet. Flesh greenish-white, firm, crisp, very juicy, 

 with a pleasant sub-acid flavour. Ripens late, will keep for a long time, 

 and is a first-class cooking Apple. Tree vigorous, hardy, and very 

 productive. 



CRAB APPLES. 



The term " Crab Apple '' is applied to the fruit of several species of 

 the genus Pyrus when growing in a wild or unimproved state. There are 

 various kinds in cultivation, though they are mainly grown for ornament, 

 the fruit being of but little value for commercial purposes. Several are 

 utilized for making cider and preserving, but the fruit is too harsh to be 

 utilized in any other way, though very attractive in appearance. The 

 Siberian Crab (Pyrus baccata) has been used with effect in hybridizing 

 the ordinary varieties of Pi/rus mains, and some good kinds have been 

 obtained in this way. Several good American Apples are said to have 

 originated in this way, the Crab giving a harder constitution, which makes 

 them better adapted for certain localities than the ordinary sorts. The 

 following list embraces the more popular kinds : 



Coral. Raised in America, a variety with very small conical fruit, 

 flattened at the ends. Skin rich-yellow, with a crimson cheek. Flesh 

 yellowish, crisp, juicy, and sprightly acid. 



Currant. A variety with fruit not larger than Currants, and like 

 them borne in clusters. Skin red, slightly striped with a deeper tint. 

 Flesh rather harsh , Very ornamental. 



Foxley. An English variety raised from the Siberian Crab. Fruit as 

 large as Cherry Plums, roundish-oblate, and produced in clusters. Skin 

 deep-yellow. Flesh yellow, crisp, juicy, sub-acid. Is used for cider and 

 preserving. 



Lad// Crab. A handsome English variety somewhat resembling the 

 Lady Apple in appearance, hence its name. Fruit roundish-oblate and 

 about the size of a large Cherry. Flesh yellowish, moderately juicy, and 

 sub-acid. Very ornamental. 



Marengo. A handsome variety of the Siberian Crab, with roundish- 

 oval fruit, which is rather larger than that of the parent. Skin warm-red 

 on a yellow ground, with a few scattered dots. Flesh yellowish-white, 

 crisp, juicy, and sub-acid. An ornamental variety, and one of the best of 

 the Crab Apples. 



Scarlet Siberian (Cherry Crab}. One of the handsomest and most 

 popular of Crab Apples for ornament. Fruit small, roundish-oblong, the 



