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SACK AND SUGAR. — ^Frait, below medium size, two inches and 

 a quarter wide, and an inch and three quarters high ; roundish, inclin- 

 ing to oval, with prominent ridges round the eye. Skin, pale yellow, 

 marked with a few broken stripes and streaks of bright crimson, on 

 the side next the sun. Eye, closed, with pointed segments, overlapping 

 each other, and rather deeply set in a round, angular, and plaited basin. 

 Flesh, white, very soft and tender, very juicy, sugary, and with a plea- 

 sant brisk balsamic flavour. 



An excellent apple either for culinary or dessert use ; ripe in the end 

 of July and beginning of August, and continuing during September. 

 The tree is a free and vigorous grower, and an immense bearer. 



This apple was raised in the beginning of this century by Mr. Morris, a market 

 gardener at Brentford, and is sometimes met with under the name of Morris's 

 Sack and Sugar. 



St. Helena Russet. See Rdnette de Canada. 



St. John's Nonpareil, See Pitmaston Nonpareil. 



SAINT JULIEN {Seigneur d'Orsay; Concombre des Chartreux). — 

 Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter wide, and two inches and three 

 quarters high ; roundish, narrowing towards the eye, and angular on 

 its sides. Skin, yellowish green, covered with large patches of ashy 

 coloured russet, and in dry warm seasons sometimes tinged with red. 

 Eye, open, set in a rather shallow and plaited basin. Stalk, an inch 

 long, slender, inserted in a shallow cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, 

 firm, juicy, sugary, and richly flavoured. 



A dessert apple of first-rate quality; it is in use from December to 

 March. 



The tree is a strong and vigorous grower, and an excellent bearer. 



Sam's Crab. See Longville's Kernel. 



SAM YOUNG (7mA. Russet). — Fruit, small, an inch and three quar- 

 ters high, and about two inches and a half wide ; roundish-oblate. 

 Skin, light greenish yellow, almost entirely covered with grey russet, 

 and strewed with minute russety dots on the yellow part, but tinged 

 with brownish red on the side next the sun. Eye, large and open, set 

 in a wide, shallow, and plaited basin. Stalk, short, not deeply inserted. 

 Flesh, yellow, tinged with green, firm, crisp, tender, juicy, sugary, and 

 highly flavoured. 



A delicious little dessert apple of the first quality; in use from 

 November to February. 



This variety is of Irish origin, and was first introduced to public notice by Mr. 

 Robertson, the nurserymaa of Kilkenny. 



Scarlet Crofton. See Grqfton Scarlet. 



Seigneur d'Orsay, See St. Julien. 



SCARLET LEADINGTON. — Fruit, medium sized ; conical, even in 

 its outline, broadest at the base, and narrowing towards the eye, where 



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