Evergreen Striped Crab

Crab Apple

Evergreen Striped Crab

Origin/History Imported from England.

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

Size & Form: Small apple; conical form.

Skin: Green ground with black clouds; faint red coloring on the sun-exposed side, indistinctly streaked.

Flesh & Flavor: Tough, dry, and acid.

Season Ripens in autumn.

Uses Used for preserves only.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Other Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)

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NO. 120. EVERGREEN STRIPED CRAB.

Imported from England: it is a small apple, of conical form; the skin green with black clouds; the texture tough; a faint red next the Sun, and indistinctly streaked; the flesh is tough, dry and acid—it is only used for preserves—it ripens in the autumn.

— William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)