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sides, extending into the basin of the eye. Skin, smooth, thinly 

 strewed with reddish brown dots, and a few faint streaks of pale red on 

 the shaded side, and of a beautiful deep red, covered with yellowish 

 grey dots, on the side next the sun. Eye, closed, with broad convergent 

 segments, set in a round and moderately deep basin. Stamens, median 

 or marginal ; tube, conical. Stalk, short, inserted iu a round and deep 

 cavity, lined with rough russet, which extends in ramifications over the 

 base. Flesh, yellowish, tender, and pleasantly sub-acid. Cells, round- 

 ish obovate ; axile. 



A good culinary apple ; in use from October to Christmas. 



This was raised at Thirsk, in Yorkshire, by a person named Eymer. 



SACK (Spice Apple). Fruit, about medium size, two inches and 

 five-eighths wide, and two inches and a half high ; conical, uneven in 

 its outline, being ribbed on the sides somewhat in the way of Margil, 

 and ridged round the eye. Skin, smooth and shining, as if varnished, 

 almost entirely covered with deep bright crimson, which is streaked 

 and mottled with darker crimson on the side next the sun, but where 

 shaded it is yellowish, mottled with crimson. Eye, small and closed, 

 with erect, pointed, connivent segments, set in a deep and plaited basin. 

 Stamens, median ; tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, very short, thick, and 

 fleshy, set in a shallow depression. Flesh, tender, crisp, fine-grained, 

 sweet, and with a pleasant sub-acid flavour. Cells, elliptical, pointed ; 

 axile, open. 



A Herefordshire apple ; in use during October. 



SACK AND SUGAR. Fruit, below medium size, two inches and 

 a quarter wide, and an inch and three-quarters high ; roundish, inclin- 

 ing to oval, with prominent ridges round the eye. Skin, pale yellow, 

 marked with a few broken stripes and streaks of bright crimson on the 

 side next the sun. Eye, closed, with pointed segments, overlapping 

 each other, and rather deeply set in a round, angular, and plaited basin. 

 Stamens, median or basal ; tube, conical. Flesh, white, very soft and 

 tender, very juicy, sugary, and with a pleasant, brisk, balsamic flavour. 

 Cells, open, ovate or obovate. 



An excellent apple either for culinary or dessert use ; ripe in the end 

 of July and beginning of August, and continuing during September. 

 The tree is a free and vigorous grower, and an immense bearer. 



This apple was raised in the beginning of this century by Mr. Morris, a market 

 gardener at Brentford, and is sometimes met with under the name of Morris's 

 Sack and Sugar. 



Sack Apple. See Devonshire Quarrenden. 



SAINT JULIEN (Seigneur d'Orsay; Concombre des Chartreux). 

 Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter wide, and two inches and three- 

 quarters high ; roundish, narrowing towards the eye, and angular on 

 its sides. Skin, yellowish green, covered with large patches of ashy- 

 coloured russet, and in dry warm seasons sometimes tinged with red. 



