C44 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



SANS PEAU (Skinless ; Fleur de Guignes). Fruit, below medium 

 size; pyriform. Skin, very thin, smooth, pale greenish yellow, with 

 slight marks of red next the sun. Eye, open, with long acuminate 

 segments, and set in a shallow basin. Stalk, an inch long, slender 

 and curved, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, white, very juicy, and 

 melting, with a sweet and aromatic flavour. 



A nice little summer dessert pear ; ripe in August and September. 

 The tree is a good grower and an excellent bearer, succeeds well as a 

 standard, and may be grown either on the pear or quince stock. 



Sans Peau d'Ete. See Sans Peau. 



SARRAZIN. Fruit, medium sized ; oblong- obovate, widest about 

 the middle, and narrowing to both extremities. Skin, at first lively 

 green, changing to pale yellow on the shaded side, and reddish brown 

 next the sun. Eye, not depressed. Stalk, half an inch long, stout, 

 and inserted without depression. Flesh, white, crisp, rich, sugary, 

 and slightly perfumed. 



A dessert pear when well ripened, but generally used for culinary 

 purposes ; ripe in April. 



Satin. See Lansac. 



Scotch Bergamot. See Hampden's Bergamot. 

 Scot's Cornuck. See Charnock. 

 Schnabelbirne. See Bequesne. 

 Schweitzerbergamotte. See Berc/amotte Suisse. 



SECKLE (New York Red-cheek; Shakespear ; Sicker; Lammas of 

 the Americans). Fruit, small; obovate, regularly and handsomely 

 shaped. Skin, at first dull brownish green, changing as it ripens to 

 yellowish brown, with bright red on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, 

 small and open, with very short segments, and not at all depressed. 

 Stalk, half an inch long, inserted in a small narrow depression. 

 Flesh, buttery, melting, and very juicy, with a rich and unusually 

 powerful aromatic flavour. 



One of the most valuable dessert pears ; it is ripe in October. The 

 tree is very hardy and vigorous, an abundant bearer, and succeeds 

 well as a standard. 



The Seckle Pear is of American origin, and is first noticed by Coxe, an 

 American pomologist, in his " View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees." It was 

 sent to this country in 1819 by Dr. Hosack of Philadelphia, along with several 

 other fruits, to the garden of the Horticultural Society, The original tree is 

 still in existence, and is growing in a meadow in Passyunk township, about a 

 quarter of a mile from the Delaware, opposite League Island, and about three 

 miles and a half from Philadelphia. It is nearly a hundred years old, and about 

 thirty feet high. The diameter of the trunk, at a foot from the ground, is six 

 feet ; and five feet from the ground it is four feet nine inches. The trunk is 



