Flesh, tender, markedly yellow, of fair flavour. Eye, 

 nearly closed in a shallow basin. Stem, long and slender 

 in an even cavity. Growth, slender ; fertility, fair. Leaf, 

 long pointed, upfolded, undulated, very boldly crenate. 

 Origin, raised by Rev. C. C. Ellison, Bracebridge, 

 and Mr. Wipf, gardener at Hartshorne Hall (Cox x 

 Calville Blanche). Introduced by Messrs. Pennell 

 and Sons, 1911. Resembles Cox's Orange very closely 

 in appearance and is of good flavour for a short period. 



Embersons : see Waltham Abbey. 



EMNETH EARLY. (Early Victoria.) Culinary, 

 July to August, medium to large, 2\ by 2|, conical, 

 irregular. Colour, yellowish-green. Flesh, greenish- 

 white, rather soft, cooking frothily. Eye, closed in a 

 shallow knobbed basin. Stem, rather short in a rather 

 wide and deep cavity, which has no russet. Growth, 

 compact, upright, moderate. Leaf, rather large, pale, 

 twisted, broadly serrate. Origin introduced by Messrs. 

 Cross, Wisbech, in 1899. Said to be Lord Grosvenor 

 x Keswick Codlin. The best of the early codlins 

 for crop, vigour, and appearance. 



EMPEROR ALEXANDER. Ronalds, p. 25. F., 

 Grand Alexandre ; G., Kaiser Alexander. (Aporta, 

 English King.) Culinary or dessert, September to 

 November, large, 4 by 3, round, conical, flattened 

 on five sides. Colour, golden-yellow, with broad red 

 stripes and flush. Flesh, pale yellow, tender, sweet. 

 Eye, closed, in a rather deep and plaited basin, which 

 is topped by five angular ribs. Stem, rather long in 

 a deep and wide russet-lined cavity. Growth, vigor- 

 ous, spreading ; fertility moderate. Leaf, large, 

 roundish, pale grey-green, down hanging, nearly flat, 

 very coarsely crenate. Origin, Russian. Imported 

 into England in 1817. It has suffered often at the hands 

 of re-christeners. Valued chiefly on the exhibition 

 table. May be distinguished from Bismarck by the 

 short round seeds. 



Emperor Napoleon : see Reynold's Peach. 

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