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half an inch in diameter. Skin pale red. Stalk an inch 

 long. Flesh pale, tender, with an agreeable and lively 

 acidity. End of July. The tree is of very diminutive 

 growth ; one in my possession, not less than 100 years 

 old, being little more than seven feet high, and the stem 

 not so thick as a man's arm. 



De Palembre. See Belle de Choisy. 



Pie Cherry. See Kentish. 



PONTIAC. Large, obtuse heart-shaped, compressed on 

 the sides. Skin dark purplish-red, nearly black. Stalk 

 an inch and a half to two inches long. Flesh purplish 

 red, half-tender, juicy, sweet, and agreeable. The latter 

 end of July. 



POWHATTAN. Medium sized, roundish-heart-shaped, 

 compressed on the sides, uneven in its outline. Skin 

 brownish red and glossy. Stalk two inches long. Flesh 

 rich purplish-red, half-tender, juicy, sweet, but not highly 

 flavoured. End of July. 



Quatre a la Livre. See Tobacco- Leaved. 



EATAFIA (Brune de Bruxelles). Medium sized, round, 

 and a little flattened at both ends. Skin dark brown, 

 nearly black, and very shining. Stalk an inch and a half 

 to two inches long. Flesh dark red, tender, and juicy, 

 with a brisk acid flavour, which becomes subdued the 

 longer it hangs on the tree. August. 



Eed Heart. See Gascoignes Heart. 



EEINE HORTENSE (D'Arembergs Belle Audigeoise ; 

 Belle de Bavay; Belle de Laeken ; Belle de Prapeau ; 

 Belle de Petit Brie ; Belle Supreme ; Grosse de Wagnclee ; 

 Hybrid de LaeTcen ; Louis XVIII. ; Lemercier ; De 

 Meruer; Merveille de Hollande; Monstrueuse de Bavay ; 

 Monstrueuse de Jodoigne ; Morestein; Rouvroy ; Seize a 

 la Livre). Very large, one inch and one-twelfth long 

 and an inch wide, oblong, and compressed on the sides. 

 Skin very thin and translucent, at first pale fed, but 

 assuming a bright cornelian red, and changing to dark 

 brilliant red the longer it hangs. Stalk very slender, 

 about two inches long. Flesh yellow, netted, very tender, 

 and very juicy, with a sweet and agreeably acidulous 

 juice. Middle of July. 



EED JACKET. Large, heart-shaped. Skin amber, 

 covered with pale red, but when fully exposed entirely 



