in a very shallow basin, which is slightly plaited. Stem, 

 stout, in a wide and deepish cavity, slightly russet lined. 

 Growth, compact ; fertility remarkable. Leaf, medium, 

 long oval, pale, held flat, sharply serrate. Origin, raised at 

 Seaton House, Arbroath, Scotland . Of the Hawthornden 

 class, valuable only for its remarkable cropping powers, 

 rather tender skin. It often keeps till March. 



SEPTEMBER BEAUTY. Dessert, September to 

 January, medium, 2j by 2, round flattened, slightly 

 irregular. Colour, lemon-yellow with very bright 

 crimson flush and broad broken stripes. Flesh, tender, 

 yellow, of no particular flavour. Growth, moderate, 

 makes a nice upright spreading tree. Leaf, long oval, 

 nearly flat, undulating. Origin, introduced by Messrs. 

 Laxton, about 1885. It is now superseded. 



SHEPHERD'S PEARMAIN. Dessert or culinary, 

 till March, large, 3f by 3j, markedly conical, irregular. 

 Colour, golden-yellow with brown red flush and patches 

 of russet. Flesh, firm, rather dry, yellow, of good 

 flavour. Growth, moderate ; fertile. Leaf, rather 

 dark, nearly flat, little undulated, oval, finely shallow 

 serrate. Origin, an old sort still grown in the Eastern 

 counties. 



Shepherd's Pippin : see Alfriston. 

 Shepherd's Seedling : see Alfriston. 

 Shropshire Pippin : see King of the Pippins. 



SIGNE TILLISCH. Culinary, October to December, 

 fairly large, 2f by 3j, round conical, ribbed and angular 

 on sides. Colour, pale milky-yellow with faint brown- 

 red flush, very greasy. Flesh, white, moderately 

 firm, a little sweet. Eye, closed, in a deep and much 

 ribbed basin. Stem, short in a narrow and deep 

 cavity, free from russet. Growth, upright, spreading, 

 moderately vigorous. Leaf, rather large, upfolded, 

 twisted, sharply serrate. Origin unknown. 



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