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Early Summer Pippin. See Drap d'Or. 



EAELY WAX. — 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 

 colour. Eye, partially 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. 



Easter Pippin. See Winter Greening, 



ECKLINVILLE SEEDLING.— Fruit, large, roundish and flattened, 

 even in its outline, and slightly angular round the eye. Skin, bright, 

 rather deep lemon colour, with a tinge of green, strewed, but not 

 thickly, with large russet dots, and with a crimson blush on the side 

 exposed to the sun. Eye, large, with closed segments, deeply set in an 

 angular basin. Stalk, half an inch long, slender, not protruding 

 beyond the flat base of the fruit. Flesh, white, tender, and full grained, 

 with a brisk acidulous flavour. 



This is a handsome and excellent culinary apple ; in use from October 

 to Christmas. The tree is a great bearer. 



The tree was raised at EcklinTille, four miles from Portafeny, and eighteen from 

 Belfast, by a Scotch gardener of the name of Logan, more than half a century ago, 

 and it is now extensively grown in Ireland and the south of Scotland. 



Edinburgh Cluster. See Sir Walter Blackett's. 



Edmonton Aromatic. See Kerry Pippin. 



EDMUND JUPP. — ^Fruit, rather below medium size, roundish- 

 ovate, even and regular. Skin, smooth, yellow, sometimes with an 

 orange tinge next the sim, strewed with a few russet spots. Eye, half 

 open. Stalk, very short. Flesh, yellowish, tender, juicy, and brisk, 

 with a piquant flavour. 



An excellent culinary apple. From September till December. The 

 tree is a great bearer. 



A Sussex apple grown about Horsham. 



ELDON PIPPIN. — Fruit, small, round, and somewhat oblate and 

 angular, prominently ribbed round the eye. Skin, yellow on the shaded 

 side, but almost entirely covered with thin crimson, which is streaked 

 with darker crimson on the side next the sun. Eye, closed and deeply 

 set in a ribbed and irregular basin. Stalk, very short, set in a deep 

 cavity lined with russet, which extends over the base of the fruit. 

 Flesh, yellowish, or greenish yellow, very juicy, sweet, and richly 

 flavoured, with a fine aroma. 



A very excellent dessert apple ; in use from December till April. 



Elizabeth. See Golden Eeinette. 



