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Apples. 



flesh tender, rich, rather acid, of fine flavor. Fair and produc* 

 tive. Early autumn. Succeeds in the Northern and Middle 



Fig. 252. Porter. 



States. Leaves sharp serrate, 

 too acid for the table. 



In some localities this fruit proves 



Robersorts White. Medium, oblong, flattened at ends, green, with 

 dark dots ; flesh yellowish, fine grained, crisp, with a sub-acid, 

 aromatic flavor. Late autumn. Tree vigorous, upright. A good 

 bearer. Maryland and Virginia. 



Siberian Crab. This is the Pyrus baccata of botanists, a distinft 

 species from all our common apples, which are varieties of the 

 Pyrus malus. The common Red Siberian Crab is very small, 

 about an inch in diameter, nearly round, with a brilliant scarlet 

 cheek, on a pale, clear, waxen yellow ground, stalk very long and 

 slender ; tree very productive, and bears when very young. Too 

 hard for preserving, but makes excellent jelly. The Large Red 

 Siberian Crab (P. prunifolid) is about twice the size of the preced- 

 ing, round-ovate, calyx prominent, skin pale red and yellow. 

 Some seedlings also from the common Red, have been triple the 

 size of the original. The Yellow Siberian Crab is larger than the 

 common, of a fine rich yellow. 



