SIR JOHN THORNYCROFT. Dessert, October 

 to December, medium, 2| by 2j, round flattened. 

 Colour, rich yellow with pinkish red flush. Flesh, 

 crisp and juicy, yellowish ; flavour, pleasantly aromatic 

 Eye, closed, in a rather deep, slightly ribbed basin. 

 Stem, moderately long in a wide shallow russet cavity. 

 Growth, upright and free ; fertile. Leaf, oval, dark, 

 nearly flat, very finely crenate. Origin, raised by Mr. 

 Collister, gardener to Sir John Thorny croft, at Bern- 

 bridge, Isle of Wight, and introduced by Messrs. G. 

 Bunyard & Co., in 1913. An attractive fruit. 



Small Ribston : see Margil. 



SMALL'S ADMIRABLE. Her. Pom., 73. Culinary, 

 till February, round, rather flattened, medium, 2\ by 2 J, 

 Colour, pale yellow, greasy, dotted with large russet 

 dots. Flesh, firm, crisp, juicy, not very acid, nearly 

 white. Eye, small, fast closed, in a very shallow 

 basin which has a few beads at base. Stem, short, in 

 a rather wide cavity. Growth, dwarf and compact ; 

 very fertile. Leaf, large, long, little upfolded, twisted, 

 doubly crenate. Origin, raised about 1850, by Mr. 

 Small, a nurseryman, of Colnbrook, near Slough. I 

 think it doubtful if Hogg describes the right variety 

 as it keeps much later than he states. 



SMART'S PRINCE ARTHUR. Card. Chron., 1899. 

 p. 123. Culinary, till March, large, 2| by 3j, remark- 

 ably conical, and contracted at the top of the fruit, 

 irregular. Colour, yellow, almost covered with red 

 flash and wide stripes. Flesh, firm, dry, very 

 yellow, rather flavourless. Eye, open in a deep much 

 ribbed basin. Stem, stout, rather long, in a narrow, 

 deep cavity. Growth, vigorous, weeping ; fertile. 

 Leaf, pea green, flat, undulating, long oval, curved 

 serrate. Origin, raised by Mr. Smart, near Sitting- 

 bourne. A heavy good keeping sort ; it stands rough 

 usage well. 



Snow : see Fameuse. 



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