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flower of the common apple appears. Reverse this process, and we 
have the chances largely in favor of securing impregnation of the 
common apple from the more advanced pollen of the Siberian that 
is grown or brought in proximity to it. Therefore, instead of plant¬ 
ing crab-seeds, plant from the most desirable apples grown near the 
Siberian, and look for improved quality in the product. We do 
not propose here to discuss the many intricate theories of “ im¬ 
provement of the species ,' 7 but refer to this one point as essential 
in this line of improvement. This subject opens an interesting 
field of experiment to the careful student of “ art in nature. 7 ’ 
Lake Winter Siberian. 
Fruit medium to large size; round, very smooth; pale yellow, mostly covered 
with bright blush or stripes; stem slender; cavity small; calyx closed, in shallow 
basin; core and seeds small; flesh fine grained, firm, juicy, sub-acid, becoming 
nearly sweet in spring; entirely free from astringency or “crab-taste;” excellent 
cooking or eating, from October to March, keeping well through winter. It is a 
beautiful, free grower, resembling the Fall Stripe or Saxton, of which it is a seed¬ 
ling, fertilized from the old large, red crab, grown from seed planted about 1855, in 
Jefferson county, Wisconsin, from fruit grown by J. C. Plumb. 
