ENCORE. Card. Chron., 1907, p. 2. Culinary, 

 till June, large, 3j by 2 J, much flattened, nearly regular, 

 oblong round. Colour, grass-green, changing to pale 

 yellow, with occasional brown flush and stripes. Flesh, 

 fairly soft, greenish-white, slightly acid. Eye, closed 

 or a little open, in a broad ribbed basin. Stem, very 

 short in a deep narrow, russet cavity. Growth, vigor- 

 ous ; fertile. Leaf, oval, pale, slightly upfolded, 

 undulating, finely serrate. Origin, raised by Mr. 

 Charles Ross (Warner's King x Northern Greening). 

 Introduced by Messrs. Cheal, in 1908. A very promis- 

 ing fruit, heavy and keeps with me later than either 

 Bramley's Seedling or Lane's Prince Albert. 



ENDSLEIGH BEAUTY. Dessert or culinary, Oct- 

 ober to December, large, 2 J by 3, round, much flattened 

 each end. Colour, yellow with a faint brown-red flush 

 and pale stripes, dusted with a little fine russet. Flesh, 

 firm, pale yellow, of Blenheim style, without its flavour. 

 Eye, closed in a wide shallow basin, slightly plaited. 

 Stem, stout, knobbed at end, in a moderately wide 

 and deep cavity, faintly russet. Growth, upright, 

 spreading. Leaf, pea green, upfolded, sharply serrate. 

 Origin, undiscovered. A handsome fruit of Blenheim 

 style. 



ENGLISH CODLIN. Her. Pom., 31. (Common 

 Codlin, Quodlin.) Culinary, August to September, 

 medium, 3j by 2j, conical, irregular. Colour, yellow 

 with red flush and slight russet. Flesh, tender, white, 

 acid, pleasant aroma. Eye, closed in a wide and deep 

 ribbed basin. Stem, fairly long in a wide and deep 

 cavity from which russet veining extends. Growth, 

 moderate ; fertility immense. Leaf, rather large, 

 round oval, sharply serrate. Origin, English and of 

 great antiquity ; known before the seventeenth century. 

 Very little grown nowadays. Much used in olden 

 times for espaliers, and propagated by rooted branches. 



Englische Granat Reinette : see Ribston Pippin. 

 English King : see Emperor Alexander. 

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