216 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Speckled Golden Reinette. See Barcelona Pearmain. 

 Speckled Pearmain. See Barcelona Pearmain. 

 Spice. See Herefordshire Spice. 

 Spice Apple. See Aromatic Eusset. 

 Spice Apple. See D'Arcy Spice. 

 Spice Apple. See Sack. 



SPICE APPLE, Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half broad, 

 and two and a quarter high ; roundish, but narrowing towards the eye. 

 Skin, deep yellow, marked with broad streaks of crimson on the side 

 next the sun. Eye, open, with long, broad, reflexed, downy segments, 

 set in a narrow, shallow, and plaited basin. Stalk, short, inserted in 

 a round cavity, which is lined with russet. Flesh, yellow, firm, crisp, 

 brisk, and perfumed. 



A good second-rate dessert apple ; in use from November to February. 



It is not the Spice Apple of the Horticultural Society's Catalogue, but one which 

 was cultivated by Kirke, of Brompton, under that name, and so described by Diel. 

 See Aromatic Russet. 



SPITZEMBERG. Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half 

 broad, and two inches high ; roundish, flattened at the base, and 

 narrowing a little towards the eye. Skin, deep yellow, with an orange 

 tinge on the side exposed to the sun, and strewed with large stelloid 

 russety specks. Eye, partially open, with long, broad, and erect 

 segments, set in a narrow and shallow basin. Stalk, short and stout, 

 inserted in a small narrow cavity. Flesh, tender, juicy, sweet, and 

 pleasantly flavoured. 



An apple of second-rate quality ; in use from November to Christmas. 



This is the Spitzemberg of the German nurseries. 



SPREADING NORMAN. Fruit, small, an inch and three-quarters 

 wide, and two inches high ; conical, even and regular in its outline. 

 Skin, smooth and shining, of a clear lemon-yellow on the shaded side, 

 and with a bright red cheek on the side next the sun ; the surface 

 strewed with russet dots. Eye, closed, with erect convergent segments, 

 set in a narrow round basin. Stamens, median ; tube, funnel-shaped. 

 Stalk, short, inserted in a shallow cavity, surrounded with brown 

 russet, and with a fleshy swelling on one side of it. Flesh, soft, not 

 very juicy, and with a bitter-sweet flavour. Cells, obovate ; axile, 

 quite closed. 



A Herefordshire cider apple. 



Spring Ribston. See D'Arcy Spice. 



SPRINGROVE CODLIN. Fruit, above medium size, three inches 

 wide at the base, and two inches and three-quarters high ; conical, and 

 slightly angular on the sides. Skin, pale greenish yellow, tinged with 

 orange on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, closed, with broad con- 



