This is a middle sized oblong apple, of a carnation color, and dark red towards the sun. This is a pretty good apple, and keeps till the beginning of May.--_Fors. Treat._ 127. 847. SPÄTBLÜHENDE. SYNONYMES.--Spätblühender Matapfel; Mætapfel à Fleurs Tardives. A medium sized apple, for culinary purposes; it is of an oblong shape striped with red; and in use during November and December.--_H. S. C._ n. 784. 848. SPENCER’S PIPPIN. A medium sized apple, suitable for dessert use, but more properly for culinary purposes. It is round. Skin, smooth and shining, of a fine deep yellow color when ripe, with a slight tinge of red on one side. A good flavored apple; in use from January till May.--_Fors. Treat._ 128. 849. SPICE REINETTE. This is a handsome apple, below the middle size, red towards the sun, and yellow on the other side.--_Fors. Treat._ 127. 850. STANDARD. A variety cultivated in the orchards of the Carse of Gowrie. The tree is a most excellent bearer, and bears young; fruit, much esteemed, gets a beautiful golden color, when well ripened; tree, middle sized, with very black wood, woolly leaves, and extreemly thick bark; a rare variety.--_M. C. H. S._ iv. 472. 851. STIRLING CASTLE. A large Scotch apple, raised near Stirling; of first-rate quality as a culinary apple. It is in use from November till December.--_Laws. Cat._ 852. STONYROYD PIPPIN. A Yorkshire apple, raised in the garden of Mrs. Rawson, of Halifax, from the seed of an imported American variety, and first exhibited at the London Horticultural Society, in 1822. It is roundish, of medium size, and yellow color. It is of first-rate quality, either as a culinary or dessert apple, and in use from January till April.--_H. S. C._ n. 805. 853. STOUP LEADINGTON. A large Scotch culinary apple, of good quality; it is of an oblong shape, skin yellowish-green, and in use from September till November. _H. S. C._ p. 23. 854. STRAAT. This is an autumn fruit. It is stated to be tender, juicy, well flavored, and according to Mr. Buel, in excellence, it is not surpassed by any fruit in its season; a native of America.--_Ken. Amer. Or._ 39. 855. STRIPED NONPAREIL. RUSSET. This is a handsome apple, of a greenish-russet color, with a little brownish-red towards the sun. It is about the size of a large Nonpareil, is ripe in January, and keeps till March.--_Fors. Treat._ 127. 856. STRODE-HOUSE PIPPIN. A medium sized dessert apple, of second-rate quality; of a roundish shape, yellow color, and ripe in November.--_H. S. C._ n. 806. 857. STUBTON NONPAREIL. A small dessert apple, of first-rate quality. It is of a roundish-shape, and greenish-yellow color; rich and sugary flavor, and ripe from January till March.--_H. S. C._ n. 483. 858. SUDBURY BEAUTY. A small dessert apple, of first-rate quality, it is of a roundish shape; skin, a yellow color; in use from October till January.--_H. S. C._ n. 809. 859. SUMMER GILLIFLOWER. SYNONYMES.--Summer July Flower; Russian.