Apple Varieties at Petty's Orchard 'S' (a work in progress)
St. Edmunds Russet
St. Edwards Pippin
Scarlet Nonpareil
Scarlet Staymared
Scotia
Seedless
Spartan
Splendour
Spring Grove Codlin
Stark Earliblaze
Starking Hi-Early
Stark’s Earliest
Statesman
Stayman’s Winesap
Stewart’s Seedling
Stoke Red
Striped Beefing
Sturmer Pippin
Summer Strawberry
Sundowner
Sweet Alford
Sweet Coppin
Symond’s Winter
St. Edmunds Russet aka Saint Edmund's Pippin:
Raised by Mr. Harvey at Bury St Edmunds, UK, in 1870. Fruit small, flattish somewhat conical; skin covered in russet very bright orange; skin rough, thick and tough; flesh juicy and russet flavoured, crisp and creamy-white. Dessert, season November. (Source: www.gwentwildlife.org/)
St. Edwards Pippin:
Possibly a confusion of the name 'St Edmund's Pippin'? If you have any information about this apple please forward it to the Heritage Fruits Society.
Scarlet Nonpareil:
Synonyms.—New Scarlet Nonpariel, ace. Hort. Soc. Cat.
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. A very excellent dessert apple, of first-rate quality ; it is in use from January to March (northen hemisphere).
The tree is hardy, a good grower, though slender in its habit ; and an excellent bearer. The Scarlet Nonpareil, was first discovered growing in the garden of a publican, at Esher, in Surrey, and was first cultivated by Grimwood, of the Kensington nursery.
Robert Hogg, British Pomology
Scarlet Staymared:
Scotia:
Seedless:
Spartan:
Splendour:
Spring Grove Codlin:
Stark Earliblaze:
Starking Hi-Early:
Stark’s Earliest:
Statesman
Stayman’s Winesap aka Stayman
Stayman is a progeny of Winesap and like its well known and historic parent, is an apple of the highest quality. The apple arose in 1866 when Dr. J. Stayman planted seeds of Winesap on his farm in Leavenworth, Kansas. Like Winesap, it has sterile pollen and cannot pollinate other apple trees. Fruit is medium to large with smooth greenish-yellow skin mostly covered with stripes and splashes of red and crimson. The tangy whitish-yellow flesh is firm, crisp, and juicy. Ripens in October. (Source: Big Horse Creek Farm)
Stewart’s Seedling
Stoke Red, aka Stoke's Red
A bittersharp English cider apple which gained attention in the 1920's when surveys found trees growing in Rodney Stoke, England. It produces a sharp juice with a distinctive astringency, qualities favored for producing fine, sharp English cider. The tree is vigorous and a heavy cropper, but is usually slow to bear. Fruit is waxy red with a fine aroma. Ripens late November to December. (Source: Big Horse Creek Farm)
Striped Beefing:
Synonyms.—Striped Beaufin. Lind. Guide, 57.
Fruit, of the largest size; beautiful and handsome, roundish, and somewhat depressed. Skin, bright lively green, almost entirely covered with broken streaks, and patches of fine deep red, and thickly strewed with russety dots ; in some specimens the color extends almost entirely round the fruit. Eye,^like that of the Blenheim Pippin, large and open, with short erect ragged segments, set in a deep, irregular, and angular basin. Flesh, yellowish, firm, crisp, juicy, and pleasantly acid.
One of the handsomest and best culinary apples in cultivation ; for baking it is unrivalled. It is in use from October till May (northern hemisphere).
The tree is very hardy, and an excellent bearer.
This noble apple was introduced by Mr. George Lindley, who found it growing in 1794, in the garden of William Crowe, Esq., at Lakenham near Norwich. He measured a specimen of the fruit, and found it
twelve inches and a half in circumference, and weighing twelve ounces and a half, avoirdupoise. It does not seem ever to have been in general cultivation, as it is not mentioned in any of the nursery catalogues ; nor is it enumerated in that of the London Horticultural Society.
Through the kindness of George JefFeries, Esq., of Marlborough Terrace, Kensington, who procured it from his residence in Norfolk, I had the good fortune in 1847, to obtain grafts, which when propagated, I distributed through several of the principal nurseries of the country, and by this means I trust, it will become more generally known, and universally cultivated.
Sturmer Pippin:
Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a quarter broad, by one inch and three quarters high ; roundish, and somewhat flattened, and narrowing towards the apex, a good deal resembling the old Nonpariel.
Skin, of a lively green color, changing to yellowish-green, as it attains maturity, and almost entirely covered with brown russet, with a tinge of dull red, on the side next the sun. Eye, small, and closed, set in a shallow, irregular, and angular basin. Stalk, three quarters of an inch long, straight, inserted in a round, even, and russety cavity. Flesh, yellow, firm, crisp, very juicy, with a brisk and rich sugary flavor.
This is perhaps the most valuable dessert apple of its season, it is of first-rate excellence ; and exceedingly desirable both on account of its delicious flavor, and arriving at perfection, at a period when the other favorite varieties are past. It is not fit for use till the Ribstou Pippin is nearly gone, and continues long after the Nonpariel.
The period of its perfection may be fixed from February to June.
The Sturmer Pippin, was raised by Mr. Dillistone, a nurseryman at Sturmer, near Haverhill, in Suffolk, and was obtained by impregnating the Ribston Pippin, with the pollen of the Nonpareil.
The tree is hardy and an excellent bearer, and attains about the middle size.
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 mvich cultivated in all the Lancashire and northern orchards of England.
