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Sicker. See Seckle. 



Sieulle. See DoyennS Sieulle. 



SIMON BOUVIER.— Fruit, below medium size ; obtuse-pyriform. 

 Skin, smooth, bright green, becoming yellowish as it ripens, and 

 dotted and mottled with brown russet. Eye, small, placed in a sUght 

 depression. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, sUghtly curved, 

 and inserted without depression. Flesh, white, tender, and melting, 

 rich, sugary, and finely perfumed. 



An excellent pear ; ripe in September. 



SINCLAIR {Sinclair d'ilte). — ^Fruit, large, three inches and a 

 quarter wide and three inches and a half long ; long turbinate, very 

 wide at the crown and tapering abruptly to the stalk by deep concave 

 curves to a narrow point, even and symmetrical in shape. Skin, 

 smooth, fine clear lemon-yellow, with a faint blush of red next the 

 sun. Eye, open, with small erect segments set in a wide saucer-like 

 basin. Stalk, an inch long, fleshy in the lower part, where it gradually 

 widens out into the surface of the fruit. Flesh, fine-grained, buttery, 

 melting, with a rich vinous flavour and a fine musky perfume. 



An excellent pear ; ripe during October. 



This was raised by Van Mons, and named in honour of Sir John Sinclair, the 

 eminent Scotch agriculturist. 



Six. See Beurre Six. 



Skinless. See Sans Peau. 



SMALL BLANQUET (Poire d la Perle ; Petit Blanquet).—Fruii, 

 small ; obtuse pyiiform. Skin, smooth, shining, and appearing trans- 

 parent ; pale yellow, almost white, or of a pearl colour, from which the 

 name of a la Perle is derived. Eye, large for the size of the fruit, 

 open and not depressed. Stalk, about half an inch long, inserted by 

 the side of a fleshy hp. Flesh, white, crisp and juicy, with a sweet 

 musky flavour. 



A dessert pear; ripe in August. The tree is not vigorous, but 

 hardy and a good bearer ; succeeds well as a standard either on the 

 pear or quince. 



Knoop gives Petit Blanqnet as a synonyme of his Vroege Suckery, but it is not 

 the Petit Blanqnet of Duhamel. 



Small Winter Beurr4 See Besi de Quessoy. 



Snow. See White Doyenne. 



Soldat Esperen. See Soldat Laboureur. 



SOLDAT LABOUREUR {Soldat Esperen).— Frmt, large, three 

 inches and three-quarters long and three inches wide ; oblong obovate, 

 narrowing from the bulge both towards the eye and the stalk. Skin, 

 pale lemon-yeUow, marked here and there with tracings of russet, 

 and completely covered with minute russet dots. Eye, large, slightly 



