yellowish, sub-acid. Eye, closed in a rather deep 

 slightly ribbed basin. Stem, slender in a moderately 

 deep, very even slightly russet cavity. Growth, moder- 

 ate, rather upright ; fertile when adult. Leaf, rather 

 small, narrow, upfolded, undulated, minutely serrate. 

 Origin, raised by Mr. Perry, of Sandringham Gardens, 

 and introduced by Messrs. Veitch & Sons, in 1884. 

 A useful fruit which does well in the Western Counties. 



Sanguineous : see Fameuse. 



SANSPAREIL. The Garden, 1911, 523. Culinary 

 or dessert, till April, medium, 2f by 2j, round-conical, 

 irregular. Colour, orange-yellow with brilliant scarlet 

 flush and stripes. Flesh, crisp, yellow, sweet, juicy 

 and aromatic. Eye, half open, in a rather deep and 

 ribbed basin. Stem, slender in a narrow russet-free 

 cavity. Growth, compact ; very fertile. Leaf, oval, 

 rather pale, upfolded, undulated, held out, irregularly 

 and finely serrate. Origin, unknown. It has been 

 cultivated in this country for thirty years at least. A 

 most valuable late sort, keeping well without shrivelling 

 It deserves to be more widely known. 



Sapsovine : see Sops in Wine. 

 Sapson : see Sops in Wine. 

 Sari Sinope : see Kandil Sinap. 



SCARLET GOLDEN PIPPIN. Her. Pom., 37. 

 Dessert, till March, very small, if by ij, square round. 

 Colour, yellow, nearly covered with scarlet flush. Flesh, 

 crisp, yellow, aromatic. Eye, open, in a shallow basin. 

 Stem, rather long, and slender in a small cavity. Growth 

 moderate ; fertile. Origin, as a bud sport of Golden 

 Pippin in Scotland, about 1820. Now little grown 

 and of no remarkable merit. 



Scarlet Incomparable : see Colonel Vaughan. 

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