Hardy Apples. — Siberians. 



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fawn ; basin shallow or none ; eye small, closed ; calyx reflexed ; cavity 

 medium, wide, regular ; stem long, slender ; core oval, closed ; seeds few, 

 plump, dark ; flesh yellow, breaking, juicy ; flavor rich, sub-acid. Use, 

 dessert and kitchen ; quality good ("pronounced to be the richest crab yet 

 known ") ; season, " all winter," and " till February." This variety, like the 

 Chicago, has been " over-fruited for some years; and the apples are under- 

 size this season," as represented in the cut. 



Lady Crab (syn., Fyrus baccata fruda ?tigra). — From A. M. Lawver, 

 South Pass, 111. ; an imported variety. Is presented here, not as a Siberian, 

 but rather as a contrast to that class of apples, and as a sample of another 



Chicago, No. 2. 



Coral, No. 4. 



species, or a sub-species, of the Pyrus nialiis, — that from which our common 

 apples are derived. Mr. Lawver thinks this " cannot belong to the Siberian 

 family. It resembles the Lady Apple in form, and manner of bearing its 

 fruit in clusters. Tree more spreading ; bears early and profusely : a tree 

 in my garden, three years planted, bore a half-bushel this season. There 

 is no resemblance in tree to the Siberians." 



Fruit small, oblate, regular ; surface smooth, shining, deep red ; dots 

 scattered, fawn ; basin wide, shallow, regular; eye small, closed ; cavity 

 regular; stem long ; core medium, closed ; seeds few, large, angular ; flesh 

 whitish, soft, juicy ; flavor mild, sub-acid. Use, table and ornamental ; 

 quality good ; season, September and October south of latitude 40°. 



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