Martha (crab)
- From
- Excelsior
- Description
- Crabapple. Originated with Peter M. Gideon, Excelsior, Minn. It should be more generally grown in New York.
- Flesh quality
- firm, moderately coarse, crisp, juicy, rather brisk subacid, good to very good in flavor and quality.
- Flesh color
- yellow
- Skin quality
- moderately thin, tough, smooth
- Skin color
- red, yellow
- Sizes
- large
- Shape
- round, unequal sides, ribbed, oblate, uniform, symmetrical, regular
- General quality
- Excellent in flavor and quality. One of the very best of its class for all culinary purposes.
- Uses
- culinary
- Eating season starts in
- September
- Eating season ends in
- November
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 2 (Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1905), 259.