. Catalogue of nursery stock. Nursery stock New York (State) Newark Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. SELECT CRAB APPLES. THESE varieties are entirely hardy, and while they will endure the greatest of cold, thevr will also thrive equally well in the Middle or Southern states. Crab fruit is valuable fo: cider, preserves and canning, and some of the improved varieties are pleasant and rich for thf dessert. Crab fruit is profitably grown for market. Excelsior. Extra hardy. Red, striped. October. A valuable seedling of Mr. Gideo
. Catalogue of nursery stock. Nursery stock New York (State) Newark Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. SELECT CRAB APPLES. THESE varieties are entirely hardy, and while they will endure the greatest of cold, thevr will also thrive equally well in the Middle or Southern states. Crab fruit is valuable fo: cider, preserves and canning, and some of the improved varieties are pleasant and rich for thf dessert. Crab fruit is profitably grown for market. Excelsior. Extra hardy. Red, striped. October. A valuable seedling of Mr. Gideons, raised from the seed of the "Wealthy, which is already known as one of the handsomest, hard- iest and best flavored of our newer fruits, and it partakes of many of the best-char- acteristics of the parent variety. Ripens in early fall, a little later than the Duchess of Oldenburg. Size of fruit about that of Fameuse, and very handsomely colored; is a shade or two lighter than the Weal- thy, while it closely resembles it in quality and in the form and growth of the tree. General Grant. Extra hardy. Red, striped. October and November. Fruit large, round. Color yellow, covered with stripes of red, and when exposed to the sun turning quite dark. Flesh white, fine grain- ed, mild subacid. Tree a good grow- er, hardy and productive. In season during late autumn. HysSop. Red, not striped. Nov- ember. Fruit large, roundish ovate, and produced in clusters. Color dark, rich red, covered with thick blue bloom. Flesh inclined to yellow, subacid. Tree very hardy and vigor- ous. Martha. Red and yellow, not striped. October and November. A new crab raised from the seed of the Duchess of Oldenburg by P. M. Gideon, of Minnesota. Mr. Gideon says: "A rapid, stiff grower, a perfect pyramid in form ; a great bearer of the most beautiful fruit we ever grew; a bright, glossy yellow, shaded with light, bright red; a mild, clear tart, surpassing all ether crabs we ever grew for all culina
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