THE APPLE. ITS VARIETIES. 77 



Flesh, white, tender, marrowy and very juicy ; with a pleasant, refresh- 

 ing and sub-acid flavor. 



An excellent early culinary apple, which is well suited for baking, and 

 is also good as an eating apple. It is ripe in the first week of August, 

 but soon becomes woolly after being gathered. 



109. EARLY WAX.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 2, p. 14. 

 SrNONYME. — Wax Apple, Ron. Pyr. Mai. 3. 

 FiGDKE.^Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. ii. f. 1. 



Fruit, below medium size, two inches wide, and two inches and a half 

 high ; oblong, and somewhat ribbed, particularly at the base. Skin, 

 thick and membranous, of an uniform waxen yellow color. Eye, par- 

 tially open, with long reflexed segments, and set in a moderately deep 

 basin. Stalk, long and slender, inserted in a deep and angular cavity, 

 from which issue prominent ribs. Flesh, yellowish-white, tender and 

 soft, with a sweet and abundant juice. 



A dessert apple of ordinary merit, valuable only for its earliness, as it 

 ripens in the first week of August, but does not keep any time. 



110. ELFORD PIPPIN.— M. 



Identification and Figore. — Maund. Fruit, pi. 45. 



Fruit, of medium size, two inches and three quarters wide, and the 

 same in height ; roundish, inclining to ovate, and ribbed round the eye. 

 Skin, yellowish-green, with markings of russet on the shaded side, but 

 covered with red, which is striped with darker red on the side next the 

 sun. Eye, large, and somewhat closed, with broad flat segments like 

 those of Trumpington, placed in a rather deep and somewhat undulating 

 basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a rather shallow cavity, which is lined 

 with delicate yellowish-brown russet. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, and ten- 

 der, with a fine, brisk, sugary, and vinous flavor. 



An excellent dessert apple of first-rate quality, in use firom Octo- 

 ber to Christmas. The tree is a healthy and vigorous grower, and a 

 good bearer. 



The Elford Pippin is supposed to have been raised at Elford, near 

 Lichfield, where it is a very popular variety, and to which locality it is 

 at present chiefly confined. 



111. EMPEROR ALEXANDER.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Trans, vol. ii., p.407. Lind. Guide, 14. 



Syhontmes. — Alexander, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. I, 6, and ed. 3, n. 7. Phoenix Apple, 

 Brook. Pom. Brit. Aporta, ace. Hort. Soc. Cat. Eussian Emperor, Ibid. Kai- 

 ser Alexander von Kussland, Diel Kemobst. 2 B. 65 . Aporta Nalivia, ace. 

 Diel Kemobst. 



FiGnEES. — Hort. Trans, vol. ii. t. 28. Eon. Pyr. Mai. pi. xxxy. f. 2. 



Fruit, of the largest size ; ovate. Skin, smooth, greenish-yellow, with 



