Growth, slender ; moderately fertile. Leaf, upward 

 held, upfolded. Origin, probably Cornish, introduced 

 to notice about 1813. Probably not the July flower of 

 Evelyn. Of delicious flavour ; requires good treat- 

 ment and a warm climate. Best as a standard or free 

 bush. 



CORNISH PINE. (Red Ribbed Greening.) Culin- 

 ary, December to February, medium to large, 2\ by 2|, 

 oblong, conical, very irregular. Colour, golden-yellow, 

 with thick broken stripes. Flesh, firm, yellow, sweet, 

 aromatic. Moderately fertile. Leaf, large, long, dark, 

 upfolded, down held, finely serrate. 'Origin, raised at 

 Exminster, Devon, from a pip of Cornish Gillyflower. 



CORONATION. Card. Chron., 1905, p. 28. Culin- 

 ary or dessert, October to December, 3 J by 2 J, medium, 

 round, flattened at top and bottom, slightly conical, 

 very regular. Colour, yellow, dusted with dark red 

 and thick blotchy stripes. Flesh, fairly firm, yellowish, 

 fair flavour. Eye, closed or a little open in a shallow 

 plaited basin. Stem, very long in an even russet 

 rather wide cavity. Growth, upright, vigorous and 

 fertile. Leaf, long oval, pale green, very regularly 

 curved serrate, upfolded, falls early. Origin, raised by 

 Mr. Prinsep, gardener at Buxted Park, Sussex. Intro- 

 duced by Mr. Pyne, of Topsham. Not of great merit, 

 but pleasantly flavoured in its earlier season but this 

 soon goes off leaving it mealy and tasteless. 



Councillor : see Yorkshire Beauty. 

 Countess of Warwick ; see Beauty of Kent. 

 Couronne des Dames : see Baumann's Reinette. 



COURT OF WICK. Ronalds, p. 12. (Fry's 

 Pippin, Golden Drop, Woods Huntingdon.) Dessert, 

 December to March, small, 2j by if, rounded, square, 

 regular. Colour, pale yellow, flushed with rich orange. 

 Flesh, crisp, yellow, richly flavoured, slightly acid. 

 Eye, open in a wide basin. Stem, short, in a shallow 



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