362 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



STELLA (Leicester). Fruit, long, oval. Skin, smooth, dull light 

 yellow. Flavour, good. In 1864 weighed 35 dwt. 



Bears freely, makes vigorous wood, and forms a large bush. 



STOCKWELL (Duke). Fruit, long, oval. Skin, smooth, bright 

 green. Flavour, good. In 1864 weighed 30 dwt. 18 gr. 



Bush, makes slender wood, and is of medium size, and spreading. 



SULPHUR (Bough Yellow) .Small and roundish. Skin, yellow, 

 and hairy. Flavour, of first-rate quality. Bush, erect, and the leaves 

 not pubescent, by which it is distinguished from Early Sulphur. 



SURPRISE (Moscroft). Fruit, very long and well-formed. Skin, 

 smooth, pale light green. Flavour, good. In 1863 weighed 27 dwt. 

 2 gr. Bush, spreading, and bears freely. 



TALFOURD (Penson). Fruit, plump and handsome, of medium 

 length. Skin, smooth, dark red, with light pink-coloured veins. 

 Flavour, good. Weighed in 1864, 29 dwt. 8 gr. 



Bush, large and spreading, an excellent bearer, makes vigorous wood, 

 a little pendulous. Late. 



TALLY HO (Riley). Fruit, long, oval. Skin, hairy, greenish white, 

 Flavour, moderate. In 1852 weighed 26 dwt. 18 gr. 



Makes strong prickly wood. A good bearer, and forms a large 

 bush. 



TANTIVY (Leicester). Fruit, long, tapering towards the stalk, 

 from 13 to 15 eighths in length, and 4^ to 4f inches in circumference. 

 Skin, thick, smooth, light green. Flesh, coarse, but of excellent 

 flavour. 



A variety but little grown ; makes slender wood, and forms a medium 

 sized bush. 



TELEGRAPH (Poulson). Fruit, long, and flat- sided, with broad, 

 square shoulders. Skin, smooth, deep bright green, with light veins. 

 Flavour, good. Bears freely. 



Bush, makes stiff, short-jointed wood. A late variety. 



Thick-skinned Red. See Hough Bed. 



THUMPER (Riley). Fruit, plump, of medium length, the two-veined 

 ones flat-sided, with broad shoulders. Skin, smooth, green. Flavour, 

 first-rate. In 1848 weighed 30 dwt. 9 gr. 



Bush, pendulous, and bears freely. A late variety. 



THUNDER (Fairclough). Fruit, plump, of medium length. Skin, 

 hairy, green. Flavour, first-rate. In 1854 weighed 27 dwt. 14 gr. 



Bush, medium sized, bears freely, and makes short-jointed wood, a 

 little erect. A good early variety. 



