156 WESTERN FRUIT BOOK. 



Enfant Prodige. Color, russet or gray ; size, 2 ; use, 

 cooking. 



Eemarks. — Flesh, greenish white ; form, breaking, juice 

 abundant, acidulous, but sugary, and very good. 



Epargne. Color, green, with grayish spots of fawn 

 color; form, long; size, 2; use, table; texture, buttery; 

 quality, 2; season, August. 



Epine d'Ete, or Whiter Thorn. Color, yellowish green ; 

 form, round at blossom end ; size, 1 ; use, table and kitchen ; 

 texture, melting, tender ; season, November to January. 



Eemarks. — An agreeable flavor. 



Eyewood. Color, greenish yellow ; form, obovate ; size, 

 3 ; use, table ; texture, crisp, melting, juicy ; season, Sep- 

 tember. 



Eemarks. — Foreign. Tree vigorous, branches strong. 



FIGrUE. Color, green, with yellow ; form, oblate pyri- 

 form; size, 2; use, table; texture, white, juicy, melting, 

 aromatic; quality, 1; season, October. 



Eemarks. — Tree vigorous, hardy. Productive on pear 

 or quince. 



FiGUE DE Naples. Color, pale greenish yellow; form, 

 oblate, pyriform ; size, 2 ; use, table ; texture, juicy, sweet ; 

 quality, 2; season. October. 



Eemarks. — This pear is the Beurre Bronzee of some. 

 Tree vigorous and productive. 



FIN OE D'ETE, or Fine Gold of Summer. Form, round ; 

 size, 2 ; use, table ; texture, melting, juicy ; quality. 2 ; sea- 

 son, July. 



Eemarks. — Fine and beautiful. The skin is a little 



