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STOCK LEADINGTON.— Fruit, abrupt pearmain-shaped, with 

 obtuse angles on the sides, two inches and a half broad, and the same 

 in height. Skin, smooth and shining, of a bright lively green colour 

 over the whole surface, and a large patch of rough brown russet round 

 the apex, which extends in ramifications down the sides. Eye, rather 

 large and open, with the segments sometimes wanting, very deeply 

 sunk. Stalk, half an inch long, stout, and deeply inserted in a narrow 

 cavity. Flesh, greenish, crisp, juicy, and very acid. 



A culinary apple ; in use from December till March. 



This is much grown in the orchards on the borders of Scotland, and it has a 

 good deal of resemblance to Winter Codlin, but is smaller. 



STOIO; EDITH PIPPIN.— Fruit, small, two inches wide at the 

 base, and two inches high ; tapering pearmain-shaped, and even in its 

 outline. Skin, yellow, when ripe, with a tinge of orange on the side 

 next the sun, marked all over the surface with traces of grey russet. 

 Eye, large and closed, set in a round, saucer-like, plaited basin. Stalk, 

 short, imbedded the whole of its length in a deep round cavity. 

 Flesh, yellow, firm, crisp, brisk, and juicy, sweet, and with a nicely 

 perfumed flavour. 



An excellent dessert apple ; in use from November till February. 



STRIPED BEEFING {Striped Beaufin).—Fxmi, of the largest 

 size ; beautiful and handsome, roundish, and somewhat depressed. 

 Skin, bright lively green, almost entirely covered with broken streaks 

 and patches of fine deep red, and thickly strewed with russety dots ; in 

 some specimens the colour extends almost entirely round the fruit. 

 Eye, like that of the Blenheim Pippin, large and open, with short, 

 erect, ragged segments, set in a deep, irregular, and angular basin. 

 Stalk, half an inch long, imbedded its whole length in the cavity. 

 Flesh, yellowish, firm, crisp, juicy, and pleasantly acid. 



One of the handsomest and best culinary apples in cultivation ; for 

 baking it is um-ivalled. It is in use from October till May. 



The tree is very hardy, and an excellent bearer. 



This noble apple was introduced by Mr. George Lindley, who found it growing 

 in !794 In the garden of William Crowe, Esq., at Lakenham, near Norwich. He 

 measured a specimen of the fruit, and found it twelve inches and a half in circum- 

 ference, and weighing twelve ounces and a half avoirdapoise. Through the kind- 

 ness of George Jefferies, Esq., of Marlborough Terrace, Kensington, who procured 

 it from his residence in Norfolk, I had the good fortune, in 1847, to obtain grafts, 

 which, when propagated, I distributed through several of the principal nurseries of 

 the country, and by this means 1 trust it has become more generally known and 

 cultivated. Till then it does not seem ever to have been in general cultivation, as 

 it was not mentioned in any of the nursery catalogues, nor is it in that of the London 

 Horticultural Society. 



Striped Holland Pippin. See Lincolnshire Holland Pippin. 



Striped Joanneting. See Margaret. 



STRIPED MONSTROUS REINETTE.— Fruit, large, three inches 

 and a half broad, and three inches high ; roundish, and a little flat- 



