220 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Stone's Blenheim. See Hambledon Deux Ans. 



STOUP LEADINGTON. Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a 

 half wide, and three inches high ; tall and angular like the Catshead 

 and Dutch Codlin. It is distinctly five-sided, with five corresponding 

 angles. Skin, quite green, becoming yellowish as it ripens. Eye, 

 with divergent segments, set in a deep, angular, and plaited basin. 

 Stamens, median ; tube, conical, very wide and deep. Stalk, short, 

 inserted by the side of a large and prominent growth, which projects 

 from the fruit in the form of the spout of a jug. Flesh, greenish, 

 juicy, very acid. Cells, elliptical ; abaxile. 



A kitchen apple of singular appearance, peculiar to Scotland. It 

 receives its name from the likeness of the fruit to a stoup, or pitcher 

 for holding liquids, which it certainly resembles when stood upon the 

 eye, the stalk being upwards ; it is in use from November till January. 

 See Grey Leadington. 



This is much grown in the orchards on the borders of Scotland, and it has a 

 good deal of resemblance to Winter Codlin, but is smaller. 



STRAWBERRY NORMAN. Fruit, small, two inches and a 

 quarter wide, and an inch and three-quarters high ; round and de- 

 pressed, uneven in its outline, being angular and considerably ribbed 

 about the eye, which is deeply sunk. Skin, with a lemon-yellow 

 ground, covered with light crimson, which is thickly marked with 

 broken streaks and mottles of a bright and darker crimson on the side 

 next the sun, and these extend for a considerable space to the shaded 

 side, but much paler ; the base and cavity of the stalk are covered 

 with cinnamon russet. Eye, open, with somewhat divergent seg- 

 ments, set in a very deep and ribbed basin. Stamens, basal ; tube, 

 short, funnel-shaped. Stalk, very short, imbedded in a very deep 

 cavity. Flesh, yellowish, close-grained and spongy, with a sweet, 

 mawkish juice, stained with red at the base of the tube, and nowhere 

 else. Cells, small and obovate ; axile, quite closed. 



A valuable Herefordshire cider apple. 



STRIPED BEEFING (Striped Beaufiii). Fruit, of the largest 

 size ; beautiful and handsome, roundish, and somewhat depressed, 

 obscurely ribbed. Skin, bright lively green, almost entirely covered 

 with broken streaks and patches of fine deep red, and thickly strewed 

 with russety dots ; in some specimens the colour extends almost 

 entirely round the fruit. Eye, closed, with short, erect, convergent 

 segments, which are reflexed at the tips, set in a deep, irregular, and 

 angular basin. Stamens, basal ; tube, conical. Stalk, half an inch 

 long, imbedded its whole length in the cavity, sometimes very short, 

 or a mere knob with a fleshy swelling on one side. Flesh, yellowish, 

 firm, crisp, juicy, and pleasantly acid. Cells, obovate ; axile or 

 abaxile. 



One of the handsomest and best culinary apples in cultivation ; for 

 baking it is unrivalled ; it is in use from October till May. 



