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THE POMOLOGIST AND GAKDEISTER. 



1871 



Sylvan Siveet Crab. 



Ed. Pomolooist and Garener :— Many citizens 

 in the Northwest will be rejoiced at the production 

 of so valuable a Siberian apple as the samples of 

 the Sylvan Sweet Crab which I send you. It is a 

 new variety originated in this county from seed of 

 the Siberian Crab. 



The original tree has borne this summer a band- 

 some crop of such as I send you. It is very hand- 

 some and vigorous — rivaling the Transcendent 

 which it much resembles in wood and leaf 



Of its quality you can judge from the specimens 

 I send you. I have tested it by cooking and baking 

 and find it delicious. For an eating apple from the 

 hand it is excellent and I should think would make 

 an article of cider of delicate flavor, making a 

 splendid companion apple for the Transcendent. 



Please test the samples I send you and inform us 

 through the PomoijOGIst you opinion of it should 

 you deem it proper. 



ItliMM, BicUand Co., Wis. 



A. L. Hatch. 



Remarks. — We can fully endorse what our corre- 

 spondent says of this little beauty. It is truly no 

 less attractive than the Transcendent. There is 

 nothing in taste or quality that should class it 

 among the crabs, no more than about Tallman or 

 any other first class sweet apple. 



Tbe April Freeze of 1870.' 

 Theory. 



-Dr. Howsley'B 



why does it make us a crop of fruit, while it un- 

 makes his ? 



Of course there are some varieties that are par- 

 tial failures with us, but I do not recollect to have 

 ever had a more bountiful crop of fruit than during 

 this year. Nor is this abundance confined to a few 

 miles ; for as I have travelled somewhat in this and 

 adjoining counties, I must say that its extent is cer- 

 tainly 50 or 60 miles. So, Mr. Editor, I think you 

 will have to try your hand again. 



Our grape crop is equally as abundant as our ap- 

 ples and pears ; so you see "we can live on the fat 

 (fruit) of the land." I have a good many thousand 

 pounds of grapes; but I am not like your Adel cor- 

 respondent, worrying about getting rid of them. 

 By the way, does your correspondent know what a 

 splendid fruit good ripe grapes are when canned ? 

 If not, let him try it, as my family did last season, 

 and he will be astonished at the result. When peo- 

 ple learn that the grape has other uses than for 

 wine-making, that it is one of the best of fruits for 

 table use, it will probably not go begging in our 

 markets. 



But when I have a surplus of fruit, I generally 

 g(]l it — or at least I have never failed to do so yet. 

 If one can't sell his grapes at six to eight cents per 

 pound, then let him sell them at five or even three 

 cents, and he will make more money than the man 

 who sells his wheat at 75 cents per bushel. 



Ira Phillips. 



Keosmigua, Iowa, Aug. 14«^, 1871. 



Ed. Pomologist and Gardener : — The August 

 No. of your paper is before me. In an article by 

 the " Corresponding Editor," I see that he makes 

 complaint of a scarcity of fruit (apples and pears) 

 throughout the west, and imdertakes to account for 

 it by ascribing it to the April freeze of 1870. 



Now, while we lost our crop of fruit last year, in 

 all probability from that cause, this year instead of 

 having a failure, we have a most bountiful crop. 

 Yes, apple trees here are generally bending with 

 their load of fruit, and pear trees are just breaking 

 down. And if Mr. Howsley's theory be correct. 



liOHgTFortli's Golden SiveetCrab. 



Mr. William Longworth, nurseryman, Blooming- 

 ton, 111., sends us specimens of this seedling origi- 

 nated by him some years ago in his n urseries near 

 Dubuque, Iowa. Mr. L. says it is a seedling from 

 the little Red Siberian Crab. It is of a rich yel- 

 low, pleasant, sweet, very handsome, and took the 

 first premium at the Iowa State fair some years ago. 



Fruit round ; stem long and slender ; cavity near- 

 even ; basin none ; calyx closed ; skin thin, clearly, 

 rich yellow; flesh white, sweet, tender; core com- 

 pact ; seeds large for a Siberian apple. 



