Plate XXI. 
i. SYKE HOUSE RUSSET. 
[Syn : Englische Spitalsveinette; Prageri] 
This apple originated at the village of Syke House, in Yorkshire, about the commencement 
of the present century. Diel translates this name in his nomenclature by a curious error of 
translation “ Sik-House,” and calls it “ English Hospital Reinette,” from the supposition that it had 
originated in the garden of an hospital, or that the flavour of its fruit was especially agreeable to 
invalids. It is figured by Lindley, PI. 81, and by Ronalds, PI. xxxviii. 
Description. —Fruit: below medium size, two inches and a quarter broad by one inch and 
three-quarters high ; roundish oblate. Skin : yellowish green, but entirely covered with brown 
russet, strewed with silvery scales ; sometimes it has a brownish tinge on the side which has been 
exposed to the sun. Eye : small and open, set in a shallow basin. Stalk : half an inch long, 
inserted in a shallow cavity. Flesh : yellowish, firm, crisp and juicy, with a rich, sugary, and very 
high flavour. 
One of the most excellent dessert apples for winter use, and in season from the end of 
October to February. 
The tree grows freely, is very hardy, and an excellent bearer. It attains a full middle size, 
and may be grown as a standard, or when grafted on the paradise stock as an espalier or a pyramid. 
