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green color, which is the beauty of dried peas, the drying must be done in a 

 dark place. For trials, on a small scale, a sieve can be used in place of a 

 basket, and a large pot in place of a cauldron. I now send you a sample 

 lot of the Rostov Pea, and if the members of your Association wish it, I can 

 send you some more. 



CRIMEAN APPLE "SYNAP." 



The " Synap " is a very ancient Tartar species, propagated in large 

 quantities at Crimea, where there are large orchards, some of them 

 one hundred acres in extent, and Crimean orchardists prefer it for 

 profit to all French Noble Reinettes. Crimea produces one million pounds 

 (one pound equals 36 kilogrammes-), and this quantity always sells at good 

 prices in the markets. There are three varieties, all somewhat resembling 



each other in 

 oblong, viz : — 

 which is red, 

 quality; 2. Sary 

 is the most 

 vated and is 

 3. Kandyl Sy- 

 somewhat lar- 

 handsome than 

 one, but is not 

 fig 5.). The color 

 and Sary Synap 

 beautiful, being 

 stem, and the 

 low with a red 

 sunny side, 

 troub, the flavor 

 pleasant and 

 much so that 

 eaten while yet 

 fruit is har- 



Kandvl Svnah. 



shape, which is 

 I. Kara Synap, 

 and of poor 

 Synap, which 

 widely culti- 

 perfectly hardy; 

 nap, which is 

 ger and more 

 the preceding 

 so hardy (see 

 of the Kandyl 

 is remarkably 

 white at the 

 remainder yel- 

 blush on the 

 The skin is lus- 

 particula rly 

 aromatic, so 

 the fruit may be 

 immature. The 

 vested about 



the end of September, and ripens at Christmas, but will keep until the new 

 crop is ready. At St. Petersburg, Moscow and Riga, in the month of 

 May, when there is no other apple to be seen in the windows of the shops 

 and in the markets, the Synap is to be found quite fresh. There are often 

 samples of the Synap to be seen which have been kept two years. 



For firmness and consequent adaptability for transportation in large 

 quantities, I do not know its equal in Russia, or indeed in all Europe. How 

 it will stand shipment is proved by the fact that when there was no railroad 



* I Kilogramme— 2.20 lbs. 



