Marengo (crab)
- From
- Marengo
- Description
- Crabapple. One of the largest of its class. Season, winter, and till spring in the North.
- Flesh quality
- firm, rather juicy, flavor subacid, aromatic
- Flesh color
- yellow
- Skin quality
- smooth
- Skin color
- crimson blushed, yellow
- Sizes
- very large, large
- Shape
- elliptical, truncate, globular, regular
- Keeping quality
- This is a good variety for home use where a late-keeping crabapple is desired.
- General quality
- good
- Uses
- market, dessert, kitchen
- Also known as
- Marengo Crab
- Marengo No. 1
- Marengo Winter Crab
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 2 (Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1905), 259.