Striped Siberian Crab
Crab Apple
Striped Siberian Crab
(Baccata fructa striata)
Origin / History
Not described in source.
Tree
An extremely ornamental tree. No further tree characteristics described in sources.
Fruit
Size and Form
Fruit one-third of an inch high and one and a half inches in diameter (Desportes). Downing describes the size as medium, which for a crab apple aligns with these dimensions. Form roundish oblate towards the eye, round towards the stalk (Desportes); Downing describes the form simply as roundish.
Stem
Half an inch long, large at the upper end, obliquely inserted in a profound cavity.
Cavity
Profound (deep).
Calyx
Eye small, closed. Segments of the calyx united in a bundle.
Basin
Not described in source.
Skin
Color rose yellowish, red striped everywhere, carmine on the sunny side, more yellow towards the stem. Covered with a fine white bloom.
Flesh / Flavor
Not described in source.
Core / Seeds
Not described in source.
Season
Not described in source.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— B. Desportes, The Horticulturist (1856)No. 3. Striped Siberian Crab — Baccata fructa striata. Fruit, one-third of an inch high and one and a half inch in diameter; form, roundish oblate towards the eye, round towards the stalk; this is half an inch long, large at the upper end, obliquely inserted in a profound cavity; eye, small, closed; segments of the calyx united in a bundle; color, rose yellowish, red striped every where, carmine on the sunny side, more yellow towards the stem; covered with a fine white bloom. This is an extremely ornamental tree.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Striped Siberian Crab.
Fruit medium size, roundish. Color rose yellowish, red striped all over, carmine on the sunny side, more yellow towards the stalk, covered with a fine white bloom.