Fruit, small, an inch and three quarters high, and about two inches and a half wide; roundish-oblate. Skin, light greenish-yellow, almost entirely covered with grey russet, and strewed with minute russety dots on the yellow part, but tinged with brownish-red on the side next the sun. Eye, large and open, set in a wide, shallow, and plaited basin. Stalk, short, not deeply inserted. Flesh, yellow, tinged with green, firm, crisp, tender, juicy, sugary, and highly flavored. A delicious little dessert apple, of the first quality; in use from November to February. This variety is of Irish origin, and was first introduced to public notice by Mr. Robertson, the nurseryman of Kilkenny. 317. SCARLET CROFTON.--Hort. IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Trans. vol. iii. p. 453. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 192. SYNONYME.--Red Crofton, _acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._ Fruit, medium sized; oblate, slightly angular on the sides. Skin, covered with yellowish russet, except on the side next the sun, where it is bright red, with a mixture of russet. Eye, set in a wide and shallow basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a moderately deep cavity. Flesh, firm, crisp, juicy, sugary, and richly flavored. A most delicious dessert apple, of first-rate quality; in use from October to December, and does not become meally. The Scarlet Crofton is of Irish origin. 318. SCARLET LEADINGTON.--Hort. IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 404. Fruit, above medium size; oval, angular, broadest at the base and narrowing towards the eye, where it is distinctly four-sided. Skin, striped with yellow, and bright red or scarlet streaks, and thickly covered with russety specks. Eye, large and closed, with long broad segments, and set in a shallow basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a wide and shallow cavity, which is lined with russet. Flesh, yellowish, streaked and veined with pink or lilac-red veins, firm, crisp, juicy, and sugary, with a brisk and pleasant flavor. An apple much esteemed in Scotland, as a first-rate variety, both for the dessert and culinary purposes; but it does not rank so high in the south; it is in use from November to February. 319. SCARLET NONPAREIL.--Hort. IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 482. Lind. Guide, 98. Fors. Treat. 118. Down. Fr. Amer. 120. Rog. Fr. Cult. 69. SYNONYME.--New Scarlet Nonpariel, _acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._ FIGURES.--Pom. Mag. t. 87. Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xxxiv. f. 1. [Illustration] Fruit, medium sized; globular, narrowing towards the apex, regularly and handsomely shaped. Skin, yellowish on the shaded side; but covered with red, which is streaked with deeper red, on the side next the sun; and covered with patches of russet and large russety specks. Eye, open, set in a shallow and even basin. Stalk, an inch or more in length, inserted in a small round cavity, which is lined with scales of silvery grey russet. Flesh, yellowish-white, firm, juicy, rich, and sugary.