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cavity, which is lined with russet. Flesh, white, tinged with yellow, 

 soft, tender, juicy, brisk, and pleasantly flavoured. 



A dessert apple, ripe in September, but when kept long becomes dry 

 and mealy ; it is much cultivated in all the Lancashire and northern 

 orchards of England. 



SUREEY FLAT-CAP. — Fruit, above medium size, three inches 

 wide, and two inches and a quarter high ; oblate, even and regularly 

 formed. Skin, of a pale bluish green, or verdigris colour, changing as 

 it ripens to a yellowish tinge, and marked with dots and flakes of 

 rough veiny russet on the shaded side, but deep red, which is almost 

 obscured with rough veiny russet, on the side next the sun. Eye, 

 open, with broad segments, reflesed at the tips, set in a wide, shallow, 

 and plaited basin. Stalk, half an inch long, inserted in a round and 

 deep cavity. Flesh, yellow, firm, not very juicy, but rich and sugary. 



A very excellent dessert apple, remarkable for its singular colour, but 

 is rather void of acidity ; it is in use from October to January. 



SWEENY NONPAREIL.— Fniit, above medium size, two inches and 

 three quarters broad, and two inches high ; very similar in form to the 

 old -Nonpareil. Skin, of a fine lively green colour, which is glossy and 

 shining, but almost entirely covered with patches and reticulations of 

 thick greyish brown russet, which in some parts is rough and cracked ; 

 sometimes tinged with brown where exposed to the sun. Eye, very 

 small, half open, with short, flat, ovate segments, and set iu a small, 

 narrow, and rather shallow basin. Stalk, three quarters of an inch 

 long, inserted ia a rather shallow and russety cavity. Flesh, greenish 

 white, firm, crisp, sugary, and with a very powerful yet pleasant sub- 

 acid flavour. 



An excellent culinary apple, admirably adapted for sauce, but too 

 acid for the dessert ; it is in use from January to April. 



The tree is a vigorous grower and an excellent bearer. 



This variety was raised in 1807 by Thomas Netherton Parker, Esq., of Sweeny, 

 in Shropshire, aod twenty specimens of the fruit were exhibited at the London 

 Horticultural Society in 1820, the aggregate weight of which was seven pouiidi 

 thirteen ounces. 



Sweet Bough. See Large Yellow Harvest, 



Sweet Harvest. See Large Yellow Bough. 



SWEET LADING.— Fruit, about medium size, two inches and a 

 half wide and about the same high ; roundish, pretty even in its out- 

 line, and slightly ribbed towards the crown. Skin, greenish yellow on 

 the shaded side, but becoming bright yellow when ripe, and with 

 streaks and mottles of bright crimson next the sun. It is marked here 

 and there with traces of thin cinnamon-coloured russet. Eye, half 

 open, with erect segments, set in a narrow plaited basin. Stalk, very 

 short and fleshy, sometimes a mere kuob, and sometimes with a fleshy 

 swelling connecting it with the fruit. Flesh, whitish, firm, not very 



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