J58 AUTUMIS APPLES. ^ 



Qnince. Large, oblate ; rich lemon yellow when ripe ; rich 

 juicy. A great bearer alternate years. Late autumn. 



Red Ashi/iore. Medium or rather large, nearly round, 

 smooth and glossy, rich crimson shaded into pale red and 

 pale yellowish white; juicy, delicate, pleasant. Very 

 beautiful. Late autumn. Little known. The Striped 

 Ashmore is a distinct variety. 



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

 distinct species from all our common apples, which are 

 varieties of the Pyrus mains. 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 Siberia7i Crab, {P. pninifolia,) is about twice the 

 size of the preceding, round-ovate, calyx prominent, skin 

 pale red and yellow. Some seedlings also from the com- 

 mon Red, have been triple the size of the original. The 

 Yellow Siberian Crab is larger than the common, of a fine 

 rich yellow. 



Stroat. Rather large, roundish, regular, very slightly coni- 

 cal ; pale yellowish green ; specks small, clear ; stalk 

 three-fourths of an inch long, in a rather obtuse cavity; 

 basin small, slightly furrowed ; flesh tender, rich, mild, 

 sub-acid, flavor fine. Late autumn. Not good in some 

 localities. The name is from the Dutch, stroat * a street, 

 the place of its origin. 



Surprise. Medium or rather small, roundish, skin yellow, 

 flesh red. Quality worthless ; sometimes cultivated for 

 its singular red flesh within the yellow skin. 



Tompkins Apple. Large, roundish-oblong, rather angu- 

 lar, slightly ribbed near the apex, smooth ; color rich yel- 

 low; stalk short, small, cavity narrow; calyx small, basin 

 deep, plaited ; flesh tender rich, sub-acid Last half of 

 autumn. May prove to be th3 Dyer, 



* Prononncod itrote. 



