228 THE APPLE. 
Wine Apple, Winesap, é&c., and some of the high-flavoured Eng 
lish varieties in the preceding pages are very highly valued for 
cider in Britain—the Golden Pippin, Golden Harvey, Downton, 
&c. The Fox Wuetp is a very celebrated apple of this class, 
used to flavour and give strength to nearly all the choice cider 
‘of Herefordshire, which is not yet introduced here, to our know- 
ledge. It is middle sized, ovate, dark red, with a rich, heavy 
juice of the specific gravity 1078. The Srperian Birrer 
Sweer is a variety of crab raised by Mr. Knight, and about 
twice the size of the Siberian Crab, small, roundish ovate, yel_ - 
low; an immense bearer, and held in very high esteem in Eng- 
land, for mixing with other cider apples, to impart richness. 
CLASS V. 
APPLES FOR ORNAMENT OR PRESERVING. 
Srserian Oras. -Arbd. Brit. 
Malus baceata. Lind. © Pyrus baccata, Arb. Brit. 
The common Siberian Crab_is a beautiful little fruit, which is 
produced in rich clusters on the branches, and, ata distance,’ 
resembles large and handsome cherries. It is highly esteemed 
’.for preserving, and almost every latge garden in the middle 
States contains a tree of this variety. Itforms a vigorous, neat 
tree, of rather small size, and its blossoms, which are white, are 
produced in beautiful profusion in spring, and a large crop of 
fruit regularly follows. 7 
Fruit about three fourths of an inch in diameter, very regu- 
larly formed, and rather flat. Skin smooth, of a lively scarlet, 
over a clear yellow ground, and when the bloom is rubbed. off, 
is highly polished. Stalk nearly two inches long, and very 
slender., Calyx small, slightly sunk. Fit for preserving in Sep- 
tember and October. 
4 Larez Rep Sipertan Cras. 
Pyrus Pruifolia, Arb. Brit. 
This variety is about twice the size of the foregoing, round- | 
ish-ovate, with a large and prominent calyx, and a pale red and 
yellow skin. It forms a larger tree, with rather coarser foliage 
than the common variety, and is esteemed for the same pur 
poses. September and October. 
Yettow Sieerian Cras, 
Amber Crab. 
This scarcely differs from the common Siberian Crab, except 
