A variety grown in the Carse of Gowrie. The tree is an excellent bearer; fruit keeps well.—[M. C. H. S.] iv. 473.
829. SHARP’S RUSSET.
This is below the middle size, of a brownish-red color towards the sun, and a pale green on the other side. It is shaped like the frustrum of a cone; it is of a pretty good flavor, and keeps till May.—[Fors. Treat.] 128.
830. SERJEANT.
A variety grown in the Carse of Gowrie. The tree is beautiful, upright growing, and large, not common.—[M. C. H. S.] iv. 473.
831. SHEPHERD’S NEWINGTON.
A large kitchen apple, of a roundish shape, striped with red, and in use during October and November. It is very large, but does not keep well.—[H. S. C.] n. 775.
832. SHUSTOKE.
A medium sized culinary apple, of inferior quality; it is of an oblate shape, yellow on the shaded side, and red towards the sun; ripe in December.—[H. S. C.] p. 41.