SURPRISE. Culinary, October to November, 

 medium, 2,\ by 2f, round conical, tapering much to 

 eye. Colour, pale creamy-yellow with slight brown- 

 red flush ; skin smooth a little greasy. Flesh, soft, 

 juicy, slightly yellow, a little sweet. Eye, open, almost 

 on level with surface, basin a little wrinkled. Stem, 

 moderately long and stout, in a rather deep and wide 

 cavity which is faintly russet lined. Origin, undis- 

 covered. This is not the Surprise of Downing. 



Sussex Ducks Bill : see Winter Queening. 



SYKE HOUSE RUSSET. Ronalds, P. 38. F., 

 Reinette de Syke House ; G., Engh'scher Spitals 

 Reinette. (Culver Russet.) Dessert, till February, 

 small, 2 1 by 2j, round flattened, regular. Colour, 

 yellow covered with russet. Flesh, firm, yellow, rich. 

 Eye, open, in a very shallow basin. Stem, medium, in 

 a rather shallow cavity. Growth, moderate ; fertile. 

 Leaf, rather small, oval, rather coarsely crenate or 

 serrate, upcupped, held up. Origin, English. Named 

 after a village in Yorkshire, and dating from 1780. 

 Possibly introduced by Messrs. Perfect, of Pontefract, 

 who sent it to Lee, of Hammersmith. A nice little 

 fruit. 



Taliesin : see Norfolk Beefing. 



TAMPLIN. Dessert, November, large, round 

 tapering to eye, slightly uneven. Skin, smooth, greasy. 

 Colour, deep crimson red all over with dark broken 

 stripes. Flesh, yellowish, very poor flavour. Eye, 

 closed, in a very shallow basin, which has beads at base. 

 Stem, short in a small round cavity. Origin, undis- 

 covered. 



The Claimant : see Queen. 



The Shah : see Miller's Seedling. 



THOMAS RIVERS. (River's Codlin.) Culinary, 

 September to December, medium, 2j by 2j, round 

 conical, irregular. Colour, pale yellow with slight 



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