210 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



tube, long conical. Stalk, a quarter of an inch long, inserted in a wide 

 and furrowed cavity. Flesh, tender, juicy, sweet, and with a mild 

 acidity. Cells, ovate ; abaxile. 



A Somersetshire cider apple, and also good for cooking ; in use 

 during October and November. It is a very handsome-looking apple, 

 and of remarkable shape. 



SHEPHERD'S FAME. Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter 

 wide, and two inches and a half high ; obtuse-ovate, broad and flat- 

 tened at the base, narrowing towards the eye, with five prominent ribs 

 on the sides, and in every respect very much resembling a small speci- 

 men of Emperor Alexander. Skin, smooth, pale straw-yellow, marked 

 with faint broken patches of crimson, on the shaded side, but streaked 

 with yellow and bright crimson on the side next the sun. Eye, open, 

 with short, stunted segments, placed in a deep, angular, and plaited 

 basin. Stamens, basal ; tube, conical. Stalk, short, imbedded in a 

 round funnel-shaped cavity. Flesh, yellowish, soft, and tender, trans- 

 parent, sweet, and briskly flavoured, but rather dry. Cells, roundish ; 

 axile. 



An apple of very ordinary quality ; in use from October to March. 



SHEPHERD'S NEWINGTON. Fruit, rather large, three inches 

 wide, and two inches and a half high ; round, inclining to oblate, 

 obtusely ribbed and correspondingly ridged on the crown. Skin, 

 yellow, with broken streaks of crimson on the side next the sun. Eye, 

 closed, or half open, with broad, erect, convergent segments, which are 

 reflexed at the tips. Stamens, median ; tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, 

 half an inch or more long, set in a wide and deep cavity. Flesh, 

 tender and mellow, with a mild acidity and no flavour. Cells, round ; 

 abaxile. 



A cooking apple, in use in October and November, which soon 

 becomes mealy and insipid. 



Shepherd's Seedling. See Alfriston. 

 Shippen's Russet. See Boston P^usset. 



SHOREDITCH WHITE. Fruit, medium sized, three inches wide, 

 and two inches and a quarter high ; oblate, even and symmetrical in 

 its outline. Skin, pale straw-coloured with a slight orange tinge, 

 with red freckles on the side next the sun, and in the basin of the eye. 

 Eye, small and open, with short, erect, convergent segments, set in a 

 round, smooth, and rather deep basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, 

 conical, or rather cup-shaped. Stalk, short, inserted all its length in 

 the deep russety cavity. Flesh, yellowish, tender, juicy, and pleasantly 

 sub-acid. Cells, roundish obovate ; abaxile. 



A handsome early kitchen apple ; in use from September till 

 November. 



This is a Somerset apple, and was received from Mr. Poynter, nurseryman at 

 Taunton. 



