140 THE FRUIT MANUAL,. 



Stagg's Nonpareil. See Early Nonpareil. 



STAMFORD PIPPIN. — Fruit, above medium size, roundish, in- 

 clining to ovate. Skin, yellow, with a slight tinge of orange on one 

 side. Eye, small and half open. Stalk, short. Flesh, yellowish, 

 firm, but quite tender, crisp, and very juicy, with a sweet, brisk flavour, 

 and pleasant aroma. 



A first-rate dessert and kitchen apple ; in use from December to 

 March. 



STEAD'S KERNEL. — ^Fruit, a little turbinate, or top-shaped, 

 somewhat resembling a quince. Eye, small, flat, with a short trun- 

 cate or covered calyx. Stalk, short. Skin, yellow, a little reticulated 

 with a slight greyish russet, and a few small specks intermixed. 



Specific gravity of the juice, 1074. 



As a cider apple, this appears to possess great merit, combining a 

 slight degree of astringency with much sweetness. It ripens in 

 October, and is also a good cuKnary apple during its season. 



It was raised from seed by Daniel Stead, Esq., Brierly, near Leominster, Here- 

 fordsliire (Kniglit and Lindley). 



Stem Apfel. See Api Etoille. 



Stettin Pippin. See Dutch Mignonne. 



STIRZAKER'S EARLY SQUARE.— Fruit, below medium size; 

 roundish, with prominent ribs which run into the eye, forming sharp 

 ridges at the crown. Skin, of an uniform pale yellow, freckled and 

 mottled with very thin dingy brown russet on the shaded side, and 

 completely covered with the same on the side next the snn. Eye, 

 small, half open, set in an irregular and angular basin. Stalk, very 

 short, imbedded in a deep cavity. Flesh, white, tender, juicy, and 

 pleasantly flavoured. 



An early apple, grown in the neighbourhood of Lancaster. It is ripe 

 in August, and continues in use during September. 



Stone Pippin. See Qogar Pippin. 



Stone Pippin. See Norfolk Stone Pippin. 



Stone Pippin. See Birmingham Pippin. 



STIRLING CASTLE.— Fruit, medium sized; round and oblate, 

 even and regularly shaped. Skin, clear pea-green, which becomes 

 pale yellow when it ripens, with a blush, and broken stripes of pale 

 crimson on the side next the sun, and several lai-ge dots sprinkled over 

 the surface. Eye, rather small, and half closed, set in a pretty deep, 

 wide, and saucer-like basin. Stalk, an inch long, slender, inserted in 

 a deep and wide cavity. Flesh, white, very tender, juicy, and of the 

 character of that of Hawthornden. 



An excellent early culinary apple ; in use eai-ly in August. In shape 

 it is like Devonshire Quarrenden. The tree is an immense bearer, 

 and is well adapted for bush culture. 



