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APPENDIX. 



and these jvre known to make very ^ood stocks for grafting piir- 

 poses. 



Apples and Crabs. — The difference between the well-knoAvn 

 crab apples and the so-called '"apples" of our markets is well 

 known in a general way, but in some cases it is not very clear. 

 The term "crab" is applied in England to small, inferior seedlings 

 of the apple {Pijrus malus) , while here the same term is used to in- 

 dicate the crab apple (Pyms haccata) . or its hybrids. 



of 

 J)— Oblate. Numbers refer as follows: l^Stem; 2— Cavity; S— Calyx; 



-Different forms of apples. 



Oblong; B~Round; C— Conical; 



4— Basin: 5— Core. 



Drawing by E. S. Mackintosh. 



Pyrus malus, the true apple, is distinguished by leaves that 

 are woolly on the underside, woolly calyx and flower stems. Fruit 

 various, but always holding the calyx, i. e., the parts of the flower, 

 on the end of the fruit. Leaves thicker and broader and the new 

 growth thicker and more woolly than in the crab. 



