114 CIDER APPLES. 



The Eggleton Styre makes excellent cider alone, very sweet and 

 rich, with a high colour. It has been sold, fresh bottled, at ib/- the 

 dozen. It fines better if mixed with Redstreak, Cowartie Red, Pym 

 Square, Coolis Kernel, or Strawberry Hereford. 



The tree is hardy. It blossoms the middle of May, and bears 

 freely and ripens its fruit in October. The fruit is so sweet and 

 aromatic as to be very attractive to hares, rabbits, fowls, blackbirds, 

 and fieldfares, not to mention smaller birds. They will select this 

 variety in preference to all others. 



The Eggleton Styre is chiefly grown in the parish of Eggleton 

 and the surrounding orchards, but it is gradually spreading 

 throughout the county. 



FOREST STYRE. 



[Syn : Stire ; Stirom?\ 



A fine old Gloucestershire cider apple, extensively cultivated 

 on the thin light limestone soil of the Forest of Dean. Its origin 

 is lost. It is mentioned by Philips the cider poet. 



' ' Siirom firmest Fruit, 

 Embottled (long as Pria/neian Troy 

 Withstood the Greeks) endures, e'er justly mild. 

 Softened by age, it youthful Vigour gains, 

 Fallacious drink ! Ye honest men beware ! 



Philips ''Cyder." 



Description. — Fruit : below medium size, roundish, inclining 



