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CRABS. 



THESE are grown mainly for ornament. Their fruit, being 

 generally very highly or delicately coloured, contribute to the 

 decoration of shrubberies in the autumn ; while their flowers make 

 them gay with blossoms in the spring. But there are some of 

 the varieties which, besides being ornamental, are also very useful 

 for preserving. Of these, the following are the most esteemed : 



CHEEKY CEAB (Cherry Apple; Scarlet Siberian). 

 "Very small, the size and coiorr of a cherry, roundish 

 oblong, flat at the ends, of a bright shining scarlet colour, 

 with the appearance as if it had been varnished. Stalk 

 very long and slender. Eye small. Flesh crisp, with a 

 fine agreeable acidity. Used for preserving. September 

 and October. 



EOYAL CHARLOTTE. Medium sized, ovate. Skin of a 

 delicate waxen yellow, tinged with red all over, but 

 covered with a dark red cheek next the sun. Eye with 

 long, pointed segments, and moderately sunk. Stalk 

 slender, an inch long. Flesh white, very tender, with 

 a fine, agreeable acidity. September and October. 



SIBEEIAN (Yellow Siberian). Small, conical. Skin 

 w r axen yellow in the shade, and streaked with red next 

 the sun. Eye large and protruding, closed. Flesh 

 briskly acid. September and October. 



TRANSPARENT. Below medium size, oblate. Skin 

 yellowish white, and waxen-like. Eye with very long 

 and spreading segments, sunk. Stalk long and slender. 

 Flesh translucent, opaline, with a brisk and agreeable 

 acidity. October. 



