APPLES. Ill 



on its sunny side. Mr. Knight, who raised it from a 

 seed of the Siberian Crab, which had been fertilised by 

 the pollen of the Golden Harvey, says it is wholly 

 worthless, except for the press ; for this purpose it is 

 highly valuable, when crushed with the more austere 

 sorts, as it contains a larger portion of saccharine matter 

 than any other apple known. I have tasted it at Mr. 

 Knight's, and could compare it to nothing so much as 

 to a sweet apple sliced and dipped in moist sugar. It 

 obtained the premium awarded by the Agricultural So- 

 ciety of Herefordshire in 1826, for the best new variety 

 of cider apple. 



The tree is a most abundant bearer, and possesses the 

 valuable property of resisting the attacks of the white 

 mealy insect, in the same manner as the Winter Majitin 

 of Norfolk. The Siberian Bitter- Sweet appears to have 

 produced its first fruit in 1818, as Mr. Knight says in 

 a letter to me (September, 1830), "The original tree has 

 borne thirteen successive crops, in defiance of several 

 very severe and destructive frosts ; and all heavy ones : 

 the quality of the fruit consequently is apt to suffer 

 greatly, and this takes off much from its value, as over- 

 loaded trees never afford rich fruit, or fine cider." 



211. SIBERIAN HARVEY. Pom. Heref. t. 23. 



Fruit small, and nearly globular. Eye small, with 

 short connivent segments of the calyx. Stalk short. 

 Skin of a bright gold colour, tinged with faint and 

 deeper red on the sunny side. The fruit grows a good 

 deal in clusters on slender wing branches. 



Specific gravity of the Juice 1091. 



This was raised by Mr. Knight from a seed of the 

 Siberian Crab, which had been fertilised by the pollen 

 of the Golden Harvey. It produced blossoms first in 

 1807, and that year obtained the premium of the Agri- 

 cultural Society of Herefordshire. Its juice is intensely 

 sweet. The fruit becomes ripe the middle of October, 



