160 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



It is extensively cultivated in Norfolk, where, besides being applied 

 to general culinary purposes, the apples are baked in ovens, and form 

 the dried fruits met with among confectioners and fruiterers, called 

 " Norfolk Biffins." 



The name of this apple is sometimes written Beaufin, as if of French origin ; but 

 it is more correctly Beefing, with a good English ring, from the similarity the 

 baked fruit presents to beef. 



Norfolk Colman. See Winter Colman. 



NORFOLK PARADISE. Fruit, medium sized ; oblong, irregularly 

 formed. Eye, very large, deeply sunk in an uneven, oblique hollow. 

 Stalk, rather short, not deeply inserted. Skin, greenish yellow ; on 

 the sunny side of a brownish red, streaked with a darker colour. 

 Flesh, white, very firm. Juice, abundant, and of a very excellent 

 flavour. 



A dessert apple ; in use from October till March. 



Its name seems to indicate a Norfolk origin, but I never could find it 

 in any part of the county. 



Norfolk Pippin. See Adams's Pearmain. 



NORFOLK STONE PIPPIN (Stone Pippin ; White Stone Pippin ; 

 White Pippin}. Fruit, below medium size, two inches broad, and the 

 same in height ; oblong, slightly angular on the sides, and narrowing 

 a little towards the apex. Skin, smooth and very thin, pale green at 

 first, but changing by keeping to pale yellow with a mixture of green ; 

 sometimes it has a slight tinge of red next the sun. Eye, small, half 

 open, with pointed segments,- set in a rather shallow and wide basin. 

 Stalk, slender, half an inch long, inserted in a shallow cavity, with a 

 fleshy protuberance on one side of it. Flesh, white, firm, and breaking, 

 brisk, sweet, and perfumed. 



An excellent long-keeping culinary apple, and useful also in the 

 dessert ; it is in use from November to July. In the " Guide to the 

 Orchard," Mr. Lindley says, " This is a valuable Norfolk apple, known 

 in the Norwich market by the name of White Pippin. The fruit, when 

 peeled, sliced, and boiled in sugar, becomes transparent, affording for 

 many months a most delicious sweetmeat for tarts." 



The tree is a free and vigorous grower, and attains the middle size. 

 It is a regular and abundant bearer. 



Norfolk Storing. See Winter Colman. 

 Normanton Wonder. See Dumelow's Seedling. 



NORTH END PIPPIN. Fruit, below medium size, two inches and 

 a half wide, and two inches and a quarter high ; round, with obtuse 

 angles on the sides, which extend to the crown, where they form corre- 

 sponding ridges round the eye, as in London Pippin. Skin, smooth and 

 shining, uniform dark green all over, with imbedded pearly specks. 



