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NORFOLK BEARER.— Fruit, about medium size, two inches and 

 three quarters wide, and two inches and a half high ; roundish and 

 obtusely angular from the middle towards the crown, where it is rather 

 narrow. Skin, smooth and shining, very much covered with lively 

 crimson, which is marked with broken stripes and spots of darker 

 crimson extending over one-half of the surface or wherever exposed to 

 the sun ; on the shaded side it is green, with a yellowish tinge as it 

 ripens, and with some dots and broken streaks of light crimson where 

 it blends with the sunny side ; round the base and the eye there is a 

 patch of thin, smooth, ashy-grey russet, which is strewed with a few 

 scales of coarser russet. Eye, small, and loosely closed, placed in a 

 shallow, narrow, and plaited basin. Stalk, over half an inch long, 

 slender, inserted in a narrow and not very deep cavity. Flesh, green- 

 ish, tender, crisp, with a brisk and agreeable flavour. 



A culinary apple of very good quaHty ; in use during December and 

 January. Its great recommendation is the great productiveness of the 

 tree. I find it an excellent variety for growing in the northern dis- 

 tricts, such as the south of Scotland, where it succeeds remarkably 

 well. 



NORFOLK BEEFING {Norfolk Beaufin; Norfolk Beav-fin; Nor- 

 folk Beefin; Beeds Baker; Catshead Beaufin; TaUesin). — Fruit, 

 medium sized, three inches wide, and two inches and three quarters 

 high ; oblate, irregular in its outline, caused by several obtuse angles 

 or ribs, which extend from the base to the basin of the eye, where 

 they form prominent knobs or ridges. Skin, smooth, green at first, 

 but changing to yellow, and almost entirely covered with dull brownish 

 red, which is thickest and darkest next the sun ; sometimes it is 

 marked with a few broken stripes of dark crimson, and in specimens 

 where the colour extends over the whole surface, the shaded side is 

 mottled with yellow spots. Eye, open, set in a rather deep and angular 

 basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a deep and russety cavity. Flesh, 

 firm and crisp, with a brisk and pleasant flavour. 



A well known and first-rate culinary apple ; it is in use from 

 January to June. The tree is vigorous in its young state, but unless 

 grown in a rich soU, and a favourable situation, it is apt to caok^r, 

 particularly if it is too moist. 



It is extensively cultivated in Norfolk, where, besides being apphed 

 to general culinary purposes, the apples are baked in ovens, and form 

 the dried fruits met with among confectioners and fruiterers, called 

 " Norfolk Biffins." 



The name of this apple is sometimes written Beaufin, as if of French origin ; 

 bnt it is more correctly Beefing, from the similarity the dried Iruit presents to 

 beef. 



Norfolk Colman. See Winter Colvian. 



NORFOLK PARADISE.— Fruit, medium sized ; oblong, irregularly 

 formed. Eye, very large, deeply sunk in an uneven, oblique hollow. 



