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352. SURREY FLAT-CAP.— H. 



Fruit, above medium size, tliree inches wide, and two inches and a 

 quarter high; oblate, even and reguLarly formed. Skin, of a pale 

 bluish-green, or verdigris color, changing as it ripens to a yellowish 

 tinge, and marked with dots and flakes of rough veiny russet, on the 

 shaded side ; but deep red, which is almost obscured with rough 

 veiny russet on the side next the sun. Eye, open, with broad seg- 

 ments, reflexed at the tips, set in a wide, shallow, and plaited basin. 

 Stalk, half-an-inch long, inserted in a round and deep cavity. Flesh, 

 yellow, firm, not very juicy, but rich and sugary. 



A very excellent dessert apple, remarkable for its singular color, 

 but is rather void of acidity. It is in use from October to January. 



353. SWEENY NONPAREIL.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Trans, vol. iv. 526. Lind. Guide, 99. Hort. Soc. Cat. 

 ed. 3, n. 484. 



Fruit, above medium size, two inches and three quarters broad, and 

 two inches high ; very similar in form to the old Nonpariel. Skin, of 

 a fine lively green color, which is glossy and shining, but almost entirely 

 covered with patches, and reticulations of thick greyish-brown russet, 

 which in some parts is rough and cracked ; sometimes tinged with brown 

 where exposed to the sun. Eye, very small, half open, with short, flat, 

 ovate segments, and set in a small, narrow, and rather shallow basin. 

 Stalk, three quarters of an inch long, inserted in a rather shallow and 

 russety cavity. Flesh, greenish-white, firm, crisp, sugary, and with a 

 very powerful yet pleasant sub-acid flavor. 



An excellent culinary apple admirably adapted for sauce ; but too 

 acid for the dessert. It is in use from January to April. 



The tree is a vigorous grower, and an excellent bearer. 



This variety was raised in 1807, by Thomas Netherton Parker, Esq., 

 of Sweeny, in Shropshire, and twenty specimens of the fruit, were 

 exhibited at the London Horticultural Society, in 1820, the aggregate 

 weight of which, was seven pounds thirteen ounces. 



354. SYKE HOUSE RUSSET.— Hooker. 



Identification. — Hook. Pom. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 752. Lind. 

 Guide, 100. Fors. Treat. 126. Rog. Fr. Cult. 106. 



Stnonymes. — Sykehouse, ace. Hort. Soc. Cat. Englische Spitalsreinette, Diet 

 Kernobst. x. 139. 



Figures. — Hook. Pom. Lond. t. 40. Pom. Mag. t. 81. Eon. Pyr.Mal, pi. xxxviii. 

 f. 1. 



Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a quarter broad, by one 

 inch and three quarto's high ; roundish-oblate. Skin, yellowish-green, 

 but entirely covered with brown russet, strewed with silvery grey scales ; 

 sometimes it has a brownish tinge on the side which is exposed to the 

 sun. Eye, small and open, set in a shallow basin. Stalk, half-an-inch 



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