APPLES. 219 



Stern Apfel. See Api EtoilU. 

 Stettin Pippin. See Dutch Mignonne. 

 Stibbert. See Summer Stibbert. 



STIRZAKER'S EARLY SQUARE. Fruit, below medium size ; 

 roundish, with prominent ribs which run into the eye, forming sharp 

 ridges at the crown. Skin, of an uniform pale yellow, freckled and 

 mottled with very thin dingy brown russet on the shaded side, and 

 completely covered with the same on the side next the sun. Eye, 

 small, half open, set in an irregular and angular basin. Stalk, very 

 short, imbedded in a deep cavity. Flesh, white, tender, juicy, and 

 pleasantly flavoured. 



An early apple, grown in the neighbourhood of Lancaster ; it is ripe 

 in August, and continues in use during September. 



STIRLING CASTLE. Fruit, large, three inches and a half 

 wide, and two inches and three-quarters high; round and oblate, 

 even and regularly shaped. Skin, clear pea-green, which becomes 

 pale yellow or straw-coloured when it ripens, with a blush and 

 broken stripes of pale crimson on the side next the sun, and 

 several large dots sprinkled over the surface. Eye, half closed, with 

 erect convergent segments, set in a pretty deep, wide, and saucer-like 

 basin. Stamens, median ; tube, conical. Stalk, from half an inch to 

 an inch long, slender, inserted in a deep and wide cavity, from which 

 are branches of russet. Flesh, white, very tender, juicy, and of the 

 character of that of Hawthornden. Cells, wide open, obovate ; abaxile. 



An excellent early culinary apple ; in use in August and September. 

 The tree is an immense bearer, and is well adapted for bush culture. 



It was raised at Stirling by John Christie, a small nurseryman at Causeyhead, 

 on the road to Bridge of Allan, about the year 1830. 



STOKE EDITH PIPPIN. Fruit, small, two inches wide at the 

 base, and two inches high ; tapering Pearmain- shaped, and even in its 

 outline. Skin, yellow when ripe, with a tinge of orange on the side 

 next the sun, marked all over the surface with traces of grey russet. 

 Eye, large and closed, set in a round, saucer-like, plaited basin. Stalk, 

 short, imbedded the whole of its length in a deep round cavity. 

 Flesh, yellow, firm, crisp, brisk, and juicy, sweet, and with a nicely 

 perfumed flavour. 



An excellent dessert apple ; in use from November till February. 



Stone Pippin. See Gogar Pippin. 



Stone Pippin. See Norfolk Stone Pippin. 



Stone Pippin. See Birmingham Pippin. 



Stone's Apple. See Loddington. 



