English Nonpareil : see Nonpareil. 



English Spitzenberg : see Newtown Spitzenberg. 



Essex Spice : see D'Arcy Spice. 



EVAGIL. Dessert or culinary, September to Oct- 

 ober, medium, 2f by 2, flat, even. Colour, an even 

 golden-yellow. Flesh, pale yellow, rather hard and 

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

 very short in a very narrow deep cavity. Growth, 

 moderate ; fertility, poor. Leaf, small, roundish, 

 sharply pointed, sharply curved serrate. Origin, found 

 at Thielt by Dr. Vander Espt, and introduced in 1863, 

 by Van Houtte & Sons. Not worthy of cultivation. 



Eve : see Mank's Codlin. 

 Eve : see Paradise White. 

 Eve : see Red Joaneting. 

 Fair Lady : see Early July an. 



FAMEUSE. Ronalds, p. I., F., De Neige. (Snow, 

 Royal Snow, Sanguineous.) Dessert, November to 

 January, small, 2j by 2j, round, flattened, regular. 

 Colour, brilliant red flush almost covering fruit. Flesh, 

 crisp, white, flavour poor. Eye, a little open in a shallow 

 ribbed basin. Stem, slender in a round even narrow 

 cavity. Growth, vigorous ; fertility, good. Leaf, 

 medium, narrow, held out, nearly flat, sharply serrate. 



Origin, probably Canadian ; known before the 

 seventeenth century. Known in England about 1800. 

 Of no value in Britain. Notable for its white flesh. 



FARMER'S SEEDLING. Culinary, till May, large, 

 round, slightly conical, fairly regular. Colour, yellowish- 

 green, with brick-red flush and faint stripes. Flesh, 

 greenish-white, firm, acid. Eye, closed, the long seg- 

 ment tips reflexed in a wide boldly ribbed basin. Stem, 

 fairly long, stout and woolly, in a deep russet cavity. 



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