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ribbed round the eye. Skin, bright grass-green, with russet dots and 

 pearly specks over the surface. Eye, half open, with erect convergent 

 segments, which are divergent at the points, set in an irregular ribbed 

 basin. Stamens, quite basal ; tube, conical. Stalk, slender, about 

 half an inch long, inserted in a small russety cavity. Flesh, very soft 

 and tender, sweet and agreeably acid. Cells, obovate ; axile. 



An early dessert apple of no great merit ; ripe in September. It is 

 much grown in East Sussex, about Heathfield. 



Sussex Peach. See Pomeroy. 



Sussex Scarlet Pearmain. See Winter Pearmain. 



SWEENY NONPAREIL. Fruit, above medium size, two inches and 

 three-quarters broad, and two inches high ; very similar in form to the 

 old Nonpareil. Skin, of a fine lively green colour, which is glossy and 

 shining, but almost entirely covered with patches and reticulations of 

 thick greyish brown russet, which in some parts is rough and cracked ; 

 sometimes tinged with brown where exposed to the sun. Eye, very 

 small, half open, with short, flat, ovate segments, and set in a small, 

 narrow, and rather shallow basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, conical. 

 Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, inserted in a rather shallow and 

 russety cavity. Flesh, greenish white, firm, crisp, sugary, and with a 

 very powerful yet pleasant sub-acid flavour. Cells, obovate ; axile, 

 open. 



An excellent culinary apple, admirably adapted for sauce, but too 

 acid for the dessert ; it is in use from January to April. 



The tree is a vigorous grower and an excellent bearer. 



This was raised in 1807 by Thomas Netherlon Parker, Esq., of Sweeny, in 

 'Shropshire, and twenty specimens of the fruit were exhibited at the London 

 Horticultural Society in 1820, the aggregate weight of which was seven pounds 

 thirteen ounces. 



Sweet Bough. See Large Yellow Bough. 

 Sweet Harvest. See Large Yelloiv Bough. 



SWEET LADING. Fruit, about medium size, two inches and a 

 half wide, and about the same high ; roundish, pretty even in its out- 

 line, and slightly ribbed towards the crown. Skin, greenish yellow on 

 the shaded side, but becoming bright yellow when ripe, and with 

 streaks and mottles of bright crimson next the sun. It is marked here 

 and there with traces of thin cinnamon-coloured russet. Eye, half 

 open, with erect segments, set in a narrow and plaited basin. Stamens, 

 median ; tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, very short and fleshy, sometimes 

 a mere knob, and sometimes with a fleshy swelling connecting it with 

 the fruit. Flesh, whitish, firm, not very juicy, but sweet and without 

 any briskness ; the flavour is rather sickly. Cells, obovate ; axile, slit. 



A culinary and cider apple ; in use from October to December. 



