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Scarlet Queening. See Crimson Queening. 



SCAELET TIFFING.— Fruit, above medium size, three inches 

 wide, and two inches and a quarter high ; roundish, inclining to oblate, 

 and irregularly angular. Skin, pale yellow, tinged with green on the 

 shaded side and round the eye, but deep scarlet where exposed to the 

 sun, extending in general over the greater portion of the fruit. Eye, 

 small and closed, set in an irregular, ribbed, and warted basin. Stalk, 

 fleshy, about half an inch long, inserted in a shallow cavity. Flesh, 

 pure white, very tender, crisp, juicy, and pleasantly acid. 



_ A valuable and excellent culmary apple, much grown in the orchard 

 districts of Lancaster. It is in use during November and December. 



SCOTCH BRIDGET.— Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three 

 quarters wide, and two inches and a quarter high ; roundish, broadest at 

 the base, and narrowing towards the apex, where it is rather knobbed, 

 caused by the terminations of the angles on the sides. Skin, smooth, 

 greenish yellow on the shaded side, and almost entirely covered with 

 bright deepTed on the side next the sun. Eye, closed, set in an angular 

 and warted basin. Stalk, three quarters of an inch long, straight, 

 thick, and stout, inserted in a very narrow and shallow cavity. Flesh, 

 white, tender, soft, juicy, and briskly flavoured. 



An excellent culinary apple, much grown in the neighbourhood of 

 Lancaster ; in use from October to January. 



Scotch Virgin. See White Yiryin. 



SCKEVETON GOLDEN PIPPIN.— Fruit, larger than the old 

 Golden Pippin, and little, if at all, inferior to it in flavour. Skin, 

 yellowish, considerably marked with russet. Flesh, yellow, and more 

 tender than the old Golden Pippin. 



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

 April. 



This was raised in the garden of Sir John Thoroton, Bart., at Screveton, in 

 Nottinghamshire, about the year 1808. 



Scudamore's Crab. See Bed-streak. 



SEEK-NO-FARTHER. — ^Fruit, medium sized; conical, or pear- 

 main-shaped. Skin, yellowish green, streaked with broken patches of 

 crimson on the shaded side, and strewed with grey russety dots, but 

 covered with light red, which is marked with crimson streaks, and 

 covered with patches of fine delicate russet, and numerous large, 

 square, and stelloid russety specks like scales, on the side exposed to 

 the sun. Eye, small and closed, with broad, flat segments, the edges 

 of which fit neatly to each other, set in a rather deep and plaited basin. 

 Stalk, about half an inch long, stout, and inserted in a deep, round, 

 and regular cavity. Flesh, greenish yellow, crisp, juicy, rich, sugary, 

 and vinous, charged with a pleasant aromatic flavour. 



