426 THE APPLE. 



Powers' Large. 



Originated with Hiram Powers, Catskill, N. Y. Tree vigorous, 

 liardy, and productive. 



Fruit large, roundish oblate, waxen white, shaded and striped with 

 carmine, crimson, and yellow, and covered with a lilac bloom. Flesh 

 sharp, yet mild acid. Fine for cooking. Early October. 



Purple Siberian Crab. 



Fruit oblate. Color beautiful reddish purple on the sunny side, 

 covered with a bloom, the shaded side less brilliant, and the whole sur- 

 face speckled with some gray dots. Flesh, like all the crabs, coarse and 

 harsh. 



Red Siberian Crab. 



Fruit about three-fourths of an inch in diameter, very regularly 

 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 September and October. 



Rouen Transparent Crab. 



Fruit small, oblate, bright carmine red on light yellow. Stalk slen- 

 der, very long, set in a deep wide cavity. Flesh yellowish white, acid. 

 September. 



Showy Crab. 



Fruit small, roundish oval, yellow, dotted with red in sun. Stalk 

 very long. Flesh dry. Not valuable. 



Soulard. 



A sort of little value except in appearance. It is said to have 

 originated near St. Louis, Mo. 



Fruit medium, oblate, clear smooth greenish yellow, with many 

 minute, suffused, dark green dots. Stalk short for a crab, slender, narrow 

 cavity. Calyx small, closed. Basin medium, slightly corrugated. Flesh 

 white, bitter, astringent, unfit for anything except cider. 



Striped Siberian Crab. 



Fruit medium size, roundish. Color rose yellowish, red striped all 

 over, carmine on the sunny side, more yellow towards the stalk, covered 

 with a fine white bloom. 



Transcendent. 



This is one of the best of early autumn varieties. 

 Fruit medium to large for its class, roundish oblong, flattened at its 

 ends, slightly but regularly ribbed, golden yellow, with a rich crimson, 



