. Ornamental and fruit trees, shrubs, roses, etc., 1901-1902. Nurseries (Horticulture), Iowa, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Catalogs; Ornamental trees, Catalogs; Shrubs, Catalogs; Roses, Catalogs. Central Nurseries — Choice Fruits i SELECT CRAB APPLES These varieties are entirely hardy, and while they will endure the greatest degree of cold, they will also thrive equally well in the middle or southern states. Crab fruit is valuable for cider, preserves and canning, and some of the improved varieties are pleasant and rich for dessert. They are also profitably grown for market. Briar Sweet. As large as
. Ornamental and fruit trees, shrubs, roses, etc., 1901-1902. Nurseries (Horticulture), Iowa, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Catalogs; Ornamental trees, Catalogs; Shrubs, Catalogs; Roses, Catalogs. Central Nurseries — Choice Fruits i SELECT CRAB APPLES These varieties are entirely hardy, and while they will endure the greatest degree of cold, they will also thrive equally well in the middle or southern states. Crab fruit is valuable for cider, preserves and canning, and some of the improved varieties are pleasant and rich for dessert. They are also profitably grown for market. Briar Sweet. As large as Transcendent ; pale yellow, splashed with carmine; very sweet and rich ; fine for dessert or pre- serves. Tree vigorous and productive. General Grant. Extra hardy; red- striped ; fruit large, round ; yellow, cov- ered with stripes of red, where exposed to the sun turning quite dark. Flesh white, fine-grained, mild subacid. Tree a good grower, hardy and productive. October and November. Hyslop. Red, not striped; fruit large, roundish ovate, produced in clusters; col- or dark, rich red, covered with thick blue bloom ; flesh inclined to yellow, subacid. Tree very hardy and vigorous. November. Martha. Extra hardy ; red and yellow, not striped ; 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 ; flavor a mild, clear tart, surpassing all other Crabs we ever grew for all culi- nary purposes, and fair to eat from ; We regard it as very valuable. October and November. Soulard. Large native Crab ; green, be- coming yellow in the spring, when it is fair eating ; very valuable for cooking, as it retains the peculiar flavor of the wild Crabs. Very productive, and keeps well into July ; perfectly hardy, and should be more generally planted. Transcendent.
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