158 AUTUMN APPLES. 



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

 juicy. A great bearer alternate years. Late autumn. 



Red Askmore. 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 malus. 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 Siberian Crab, (P. prunifolia,) is about twice the 

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

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

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

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

 rich yellow. 



Stroat. Ealher 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, stroot* 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 the Dyer. 



* Pronounced tlrvtc. 



