212 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



from a quarter to half an inch long; slender, pretty deeply inserted. 

 Flesh, yellowish ; firm, juicy, and sweet. Cells, roundish, inclining to 

 oblate ; axile, open. 



An excellent dessert apple ; in use from December to March. 



This is a German apple, and was received from Rev. Superintendent Oberdieck, 

 of Jeinsen, in Hanover. 



SIELY'S MIGNONNE (Pride of the Ditches). Fruit, rather small, 

 about one inch and three-quarters deep, and the same in diameter ; 

 almost globular, but occasionally flattened on one side. Eye, small, 

 with a closed calyx, placed somewhat deeply in a rather irregularly 

 formed narrow basin, surrounded by a few small plaits. Stalk, half an 

 inch long, slender, about one-half within the base, in a narrow cavity, 

 and occasionally presssd towards one side by a protuberance on the 

 opposite one. Skin, when clear, of a bright yellow, but mostly 

 covered with a grey netted russet, rendering the skin scabrous. Flesh, 

 greenish yellow, firm, crisp, and tender. Juice, saccharine, highly 

 aromatic, and of a most excellent flavour. 



A dessert apple ; in use from November to February. The tree is a 

 weak grower, and somewhat tender. It is therefore advisable to graft 

 it on the doucin stock, and train it either as a dwarf or as an espalier 

 in a garden. 



This neat and very valuable little apple was introduced to notice about the 

 beginning of the present century by the late Mr. Andrew Siely, of Norwich, who 

 had it growing in his garden on the Castle Ditches ; and, being a favourite with 

 him, he always called it the " Pride of the Ditches." 



Simpson's Pippin. See Orel's AppU. 



Sir Walter Blackett's. See Edinburgh Cluster. 



SIR WILLIAM GIBBON'S. Fruit, very large, three inches and 

 three-quarters wide, and three inches high; Calville-shaped, being 

 roundish oblate, with several prominent angles, which extend from the 

 base to the apex, where they terminate in five or six large unequal 

 knobs. Skin, deep yellow, tinged with green, and strewed with minute 

 russety dots, on the shaded side, but deep crimson, streaked with dark 

 red, on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, open, with short ragged 

 segments, set in a deep, wide, and irregular basin. Stalk, very short, 

 imbedded in a deep and angular cavity, which is lined with russet. 

 Flesh, yellowish white, crisp, juicy, and slightly acid, with a pleasant 

 vinous flavour. 



A very showy and excellent culinary apple ; in use from November 

 to January. 



Sitchampton Pearmain. See Sitchampton Russet. 



SITCHAMPTON EUSSET (Sitchampton Pearmain}. Fruit, small, 

 two inches and three-eighths wide, and two inches high ; roundish 

 oblate, flattened both at the base and the crown. Skin, covered with a 



