222 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



The tree is hardy, and an excellent bearer, and attains about the 

 middle size. 



The Sturmer Pippin was raised by Mr. Dillistone, a nurseryman at Sturmer, 

 near Haverhill, in Suffolk; and was obtained by impregnating the Ribston Pippin 

 with the pollen of Nonpareil. 



STYRE (Forest Styre). Fruit, small, an inch and three-quarters 

 wide, and an inch and a half high ; roundish ovate, narrowing a little 

 towards the crown, even and regular in its outline. Skin, rich yellow 

 on the shaded side, with a few pale broken streaks of red, and on the 

 side next the sun it is completely covered with red, striped with dark 

 crimson. Eye, closed ; segments, erect convergent, which are recurved 

 at the tips, set in a shallow, narrow basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, 

 very short, funnel-shaped. Stalk, a quarter to half an inch long, 

 inserted in a narrow russety cavity. Flesh, yellowish, tender, very 

 juicy. Cells, roundish elliptical ; axile, slightly open. 



One of the oldest Herefordshire cider apples. 



STYRE WILDING. Fruit, small, a little over two inches wide, and 

 two inches and a quarter high ; conical, bluntly angular, and irregular 

 in its outline. Skin, smooth and shining, lemon-yellow on the shaded 

 side, and with a red cheek on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, 

 closed, with erect convergent segments, which reflex at the tips, set in 

 a pretty deep, narrow, and plaited basin. Stamens, median ; tube, 

 conical. Stalk, very short, deeply imbedded in the cavity, which is 

 russety, and generally with a fleshy swelling on one side of it. Flesh, 

 soft and woolly, sweetish. Cells, open, obovate ; axile. 



A favourite Herefordshire cider apple. 



Sudlow's Fall Pippin. See Franklin's Golden Pippin. 



SUGAR AND BRANDY. Fruit, medium sized, two inches and 

 three-quarters broad at the bulge, and the same in height ; conical, and 

 angular, with a very prominent rib on one side, forming a high ridge 

 at the apex, and also a number of knobs round the eye, which are the 

 continuations of the side angles. Skin, deep dull yellow, freckled with 

 pale red on the shaded side, the remaining portion entirely covered 

 with bright orange-red. Eye, small and closed, set in a deep and 

 furrowed basin. Stalk, very short, inserted in a round and shallow 

 cavity, which is lined with rough russet. Flesh, deep yellow, spongy, 

 juicy, very sweet, so much so as to be sickly. 



A Lancashire apple ; in use in the end of August and September. 



SUGAR-LOAF. Fruit, large, three inches and a half wide, and 

 three inches and a quarter high ; roundish, ribbed on its sides, and 

 undulating round the eye, where it is higher on one side than the other. 

 Skin, uniform deep straw-colour, without any trace of russet or colour 

 of any kind, but thinly sprinkled with small russet dots. Eye, large 

 and closed, with erect, narrow, convergent segments, set in a deep 



