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Fruit, roundish, narrowing towards the eye. Skin, smooth, and fair, 

 finely striped and stained with bright and dark red on a yellowish-white 

 ground. Stalk, an inch and a half long, rather slender and uneven, 

 inserted in a deep cavity. Calyx, rather small, in a shallow, narrow 

 basin. Flesh, white, slightly tinged with red next the skin, tender, sub- 

 acid, and very sprightly and brisk in flavor, with an agreeable aroma. — 

 Down. Fr. Amer. 73. 



532. EDEL KONIG. 



Stnontme. — Roi Tres Noble. 



Fruit, large, three inches and a half wide, and three inches high » 

 calville-shaped. Skin, yellowish-green, but for the most part covered 

 with beautiful crimson, which, on the side next the sun, is of a deep 

 purple, approaching to black. Eye, closed, with long green segments, 

 set in a shallow, ribbed, and plaited basin, round which are eight or 

 ten prominent ribs, which extend down the sides even to the stalk, 

 which render the form of the fruit very irregular. Stalk, thick, and 

 often very fleshy, an inch to an inch and a half long, inserted in a deep, 

 wide, and russety cavity. ' Flesh, white, tender, juicy, tinged with pink, 

 of a rich, sugary, and raspberry flavor. 



An excellent German culinary apple, of first-rate quality ; it is in use 

 from October till November. — Diel Kernobst. ii. 1. 



533. EDINBURGH CLUSTER. 



Synontme. — Sir Walter Blacket's Favorite. 



A medium sized kitchen apple of second-rate quality, ovate shape, 

 and yellov/ color ; it is in use from November till January. — H. S. C. 

 n. 235. 



534. EGGERMONT'S CALVTLLE. 



Fruit, medium sized, three inches broad, and two inches and a half 

 high ; oblate. Skin, somewhat unctuous to the feel, of an uniform clear 

 lemon-yellow color, marked here and there, with lines and figures of 

 russet. Eye, closed, with long segments, set in a rather deep and ribbed 

 basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, inserted in a deep, funnel-shaped, and 

 russety cavity. Flesh, beautiful white, fine, juicy, marrowy, and of a 

 rich, sugary, and vinous flavor and aroma. 



An excellent and beautiful dessert apple, ripe in November, and con- 

 tinues during the winter. — Diel Kernobst. vi. B, 3. 



535. ELDON PIPPIN. 



A medium sized dessert apple, of first-rate quality, it is of roundish 

 shape ; yellow, with brownish-red color ; and in use from January till 

 April— ^. S. a n. 236. 



