SOPS IN WINE. Fl and Pom., 1882, 105. (Sapson, 

 Sapsovine.) Culinary, October to December, medium, 

 2| by 2, round, slightly flattened. Colour, greenish- 

 yellow almost covered with dark crimson flush. Flesh, 

 tender, white, much stained with red ; flavourless. 

 Eye, a little open in an even shallow basin. Stem, 

 medium in a very deep cavity. Growth, vigorous ; 

 fertile. There are many red fleshed apples to which 

 this name has been applied. This I believe to be the 

 Old English apple so called. It is of no particular 

 merit. 



South Lincoln Pippin : see Allington Pippin. 



Speckled Golden Reinette : see Barcelona Pearmain. 



Speckled Pearmain : see Barcelona Pearmain. 



Spencer's Favourite : see Queen Caroline. 



Spice : see D'Arcy Spice. 



Spice Apple : see Caraway Russet. 



vSpring Ribston : see D'Arcy Spice. 



Spy : see Northern Spy. 



Stadway Pippin : see Bess Pool. 



Stagg's Nonpareil : see Early Nonpareil. 



STAR OF DEVON. Dessert, till February, small 

 to medium, 2j by if, round conical, regular. Colour, 

 golden-yellow, almost covered with red flush and 

 bright carmine stripes. Flesh, soft, nearly white, 

 of poor flavour. Eye, closed, in a shallow slightly 

 ribbed basin. Stem, often very long, in a narrow, deep 

 russet cavity. Growth, moderate ; fertility, moderate. 

 Leaf, upfolded. Origin, raised by J. Garland, Esq., 

 Broad Clyst, Devon, and introduced to notice in 1905, 

 by Mr. George Pyne, Topsham. Up to the present 

 no particular merit has been discovered. 



Stettin Pippin : see Dutch Mignonne. 



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