351. SUMMER STRAWBERRY.
Fruit, rather below medium size, two and a half inches broad, and an inch and three quarters high; oblate, even and regularly formed. Skin, smooth and shining, striped all over with yellow, and blood-red stripes, except on any portion that is shaded, and there it is red. Eye, prominent, not at all depressed, closed with long flat segments, and surrounded with prominent plaits. Stalk, three quarters of an inch long, inserted in a round, narrow cavity, which is lined with russet. Flesh, white, tinged with yellow, soft, tender, juicy, brisk and pleasantly flavored.
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.
352. SURREY FLAT-CAP.—H.
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 color, 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, reflexed 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 color, but is rather void of acidity. It is in use from October to January.
353. SWEENY NONPAREIL.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Trans.] vol. iv. 526. [Lind. Guide], 99. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 484.
Fruit, above medium size, two inches and three quarters broad, and two inches high; very similar in form to the old Nonpariel. Skin, of a fine lively green color, 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 in a small, narrow, and rather shallow basin. Stalk, three quarters of an inch long, inserted in a rather shallow and russety cavity. Flesh, greenish-white, firm, crisp, sugary, and with a very powerful yet pleasant sub-acid flavor.