. American horticultural manual .. . regular, obtuse; stem three-quarters inch long; basin flat,slightly corrugated; calyx closed; segments divergent. C*ore closed;cells round, entire; tube conical; stamens marginal; flesh white,juicy, acid, good for culinary use. Sei)temljer, October. Soulard.—Considered to be a hybrid of the \\\\d crab and thecommon apple (Piyri/.s- lowensis X P. Mahis); tlie first of its type to bebrought under cultivation. Originated near St. Louis, Missouri,about 1S44; introduced by Hon. .James Soulard, of Oalena, fruit is used for preserves as a substitute f
. American horticultural manual .. . regular, obtuse; stem three-quarters inch long; basin flat,slightly corrugated; calyx closed; segments divergent. C*ore closed;cells round, entire; tube conical; stamens marginal; flesh white,juicy, acid, good for culinary use. Sei)temljer, October. Soulard.—Considered to be a hybrid of the \\\\d crab and thecommon apple (Piyri/.s- lowensis X P. Mahis); tlie first of its type to bebrought under cultivation. Originated near St. Louis, Missouri,about 1S44; introduced by Hon. .James Soulard, of Oalena, fruit is used for preserves as a substitute for Soulard Crab. Fruit one and one-half to two inches in diameter, oblate, regular;surface oreen, very oily; dots obscure, many, gray, minute; cavitywide, obtuse, regular; stem long; basin wide, shallow, ribl)ed; caly-xclosed, pistil and stamen vestiges often protruding; segments erectconvergent. Core closed; cells obovate; tube broad, cylindrical;stamens extremely marginal, touching segments; seeds fe^v, large,plump, some imperfect; flesh greenish white, astringent, sharp winter and spring. 226 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. Spitzenburg.—Fruit of the pure Pyrua haccata type, with deciduouscalyx segments; size round, truncated, one and one-half inches indiameter; surface covered with solid dark crimson, with blue bloom,a handsome fruit; dots obscure, few, russet; cavity wide, obtuse;stem long to very long; basin wide, shallow, smooth; flesh yellow,juicjf, firm, pleasant subacid, good for table or culinary. Late fall,early winter. Stanstead, Rose of.—Origin, Stanstead, province of Que
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