PLATE LXXV. 
CRABS, ORNAMENTAL AND USEFUL. 
1. “A sweet nativity of flowers.” 
Herrick. Hesperides , No. 142. 
2. “ A surfeit of the sweetest things.” 
Shakespeare. Midsummer Night's Dream , II. 3. 
3. “ Biscuits and wine, with cheese of Crabs Siberian.” 
Anon. Social Chat. 
4. “ Twin sister with the rubied cherry.” 
Shakespeare. Pericles, V. 1. 
The fruits represented in this Plate, are grown as much for their beauty in blossom and in 
fruit, as for their usefulness on the table, or in the sick room. They are so hardy and prolific, that 
they will flourish and bear fruit abundantly in cold, exposed situations, that would be fatal to most 
of the cultivated apples. There are numerous varieties of these cultivated crabs ; and they 
admit of being multiplied indefinitely by those who are interested in growing seedlings ; and 
especially if they have obtained the seeds as the result of the practice of hybridization. Thus large 
nursery gardens often contain varieties peculiar to the locality, which are named according to the 
fancy of the grower. 
The varieties here represented are :— 
1. THE SIBERIAN CRAB (Pyrus baccata.) 
[Syn : Cherry Apple; Cherry Crab; Red Siberian Crab; Scarlet Siberian Crabi] 
2. THE TARTARIAN CRAB. 
[Syn : Yellow Siberian Crab; Yellow Fruited Crabi 
3. THE SUPREME CRAB. 
4. THE CRIMSON CRAB. 
[Syn : American Red Crabi] 
5. THE AMERICAN CRAB. 
6. THE TRANSPARENT CRAB. 
7. THE PURPLE CRAB. 
8. OUARRENDEN HYBRIDS. 
The hardiness of the Siberian Crab renders it a favourable fruit to use in hybridization. The 
pretty Qttarrenden Hybrids here represented were raised by Mr. Philip Fry, of Addington Park 
