Paul Imperial (crab)
- Description
- Hybrid Siberian crabapple. Introduced by Paul and Son, Cheshunt, England. A cross between the Red Astrachan and Siberian Crab.
- Flesh quality
- firm, moderately coarse, crisp, rather tough, juicy, brisk subacid, less astringent than Red Siberian, good
- Flesh color
- yellow, pink stained
- Skin quality
- thin, rather tender, smooth
- Skin color
- red, yellow
- Sizes
- small, medium, below medium
- Shape
- irregular, unequal sides, ribbed, oblate, elliptical
- Eating season starts in
- September
- Eating season ends in
- October
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 2 (Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1905), 262.