STIRLING CASTLE. Her. Pom. 5. G., Schloss 

 Stirling. Culinary, September to October, fairly large, 

 3j by 2j, round flattened, regular. Colour, pale green. 

 Flesh, soft, white, acid. Eye, open, in a remarkably 

 wide and deep basin. Stem, slender in a deep cavity 

 which has russet veins. Growth, compact but spread- 

 ing ; extremely fertile. Leaf, long, pale, nearly flat, 

 shallow serrate. Origin, raised at Stirling, Scotland, 

 about 1830, and introduced by Messrs. Drummond, 

 of that town. A valuable fruit, remarkable for its 

 fertility, a little liable to canker. 



Stone Blenheim : see Hambledon Deux Ans. 



STONE'S. Her. Pom., 20. (Loddington, Killick's 

 Apple.) Culinary, till January, large, 3 by 2f, oblong 

 conical, slightly irregular. Colour, pale yellowish-green 

 with brown-red flush and broad broken stripes. Flesh, 

 crisp, white, very juicy, acid. Eye, large, closed in a 

 very deep ribbed basin. Stem, rather thin, in a very 

 deep cavity. Growth, vigorous ; very fertile. Leaf, 

 very large, dark, nearly flat, very boldly serrate. 

 Origin, raised at Loddington, near Maidstone, by Mr. 

 Stone. A useful fruit, but rather apt to canker and 

 now little planted. 



STRIPED BEEFING. Her. Pom. 35. F., Beaufin 

 Strie* ; G., Gestreifter Beaufin. Culinary, till May, 

 fairly large, 3j by 3, round, conical, irregular. 

 Colour, pale green almost covered with wide red stripes. 

 Flesh, firm, greenish-yellow, sub-acid. Eye, nearly 

 closed, in a deep irregular basin. Stem, short, in a 

 medium cavity. Growth, vigorous ; fertile. Leaf, 

 large, roundish, dark, slightly upcupped, very boldly 

 curved serrate. Origin, probably English. Found in 

 Norfolk and introduced to general cultivation about 

 1850. A useful old sort. 



Striped Quarrenden : see Gladstone. 

 Striped Quarrenden : see Red Joaneting. 

 Stubb's Seedling: see Winter Quarrenden. 

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