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Edward Thomas (Galle, Natl. Hort. Mag. 36(1) : 23. 1957)— symmetri- 

 cal; leaves glossy; male; select. 1941 by E. C. White and W. Wheeler 

 from Massachusetts. = Makepeace, Ed Thomas. 



Eight-B (E. P. Hume and P. Owens, Holly Letter 31, p. 11. 1968, with- 

 out descr.). Prob. orig. by P. Bosley. 



El Durprey (G. Malmborg, Amer. Nurseyman 85(11): 47. 1947, with- 

 out descr.). = DuPre. 



Eleanor (Hume, "Hollies," p. 55. 1953) — leaves rigid, coriaceous, 

 curved, bullate, glossy green, oval, spines short, prominent; fruit abund- 

 ant, dark glossy red, globose, borne singly; select. 1939 by C. R. Wolf 

 from Cumberland County, New Jersey; named and in trod. 1944. Galle, 

 Natl. Hort. Mag. 36(1): 23. 1957 — leaves small, veins depressed; fruit 

 very glossy, light red, medium size; heavy bearing. 



Elephant Berry (Wister and others, Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6, p. 27. 

 1953, without descr.) — select, by E. Dilatush at Bunting Nurs., Selby- 

 ville, Delaware, andintrod. 1949. O. D. Diller and J. E. Ford, Wooster, 

 Ohio, Agr. Res. Devlpmt. Center, Spec. Cir. 91, p. 69. 1970, as Ele- 

 phant without descr. — Secrest Arboretum holly collection. 



Elfin (E. Dilatush, Robbinsville, New Jersey, Cat. 1952) — spines of 

 leaves at rakish angles. Wister and others, Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6, p. 27. 

 1953— select. New Jersey 1929 and introd. 1948 by E. Dilatush. 



Elizabeth (Hume, "Hollies," p. 55. 1953) — leaves widely spaced, thick, 

 stiff, coriaceous, curved, bullate, convex, dark green elliptic, sometimes 

 entire, spines small; fruit round and globose, borne singly. Wister and 

 others, Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6, p. 27. 1953, without descr. — select, about 

 1945 in Massachusetts by W. Makepeace and W. Wheeler. D. Wyman, 

 Arnoldia 14(12): 71. 1954 — rapid grower ; leaves large, dark green, well 

 spined ; fruit abundant, large, deep orange, borne in large clusters ; cold 

 resistant. Food Marketing in New England, p. 31. Spring 1961 — named 

 for Miss Elizabeth C. White of Whitesbog, New Jersey, by W. Wheeler; 

 discovered by W. Wheeler in wild on William Makepeace farm in West 

 Barnstable, Massachusetts; W. Wheeler moved this and several other 

 plants from Makepeace farm to Ashumet Farm, East Sandwich, Massa- 

 chusetts ; Elizabeth was the best of the lot. 



Emily (Hume, Natl. Hort. Mag. 26(3): 171. 1947)— leaves very fine; 

 fruits early in age with large, deep scarlet fruit; select, by W. Wheeler 

 from West Barnstable, Massachusetts. H. G. Mattoon, Plants & Gardens 

 3(4): 238. 1947)— fruit large, deep scarlet; leaves very fine. Named for 

 Mrs. Wilfred Wheeler, Sr. Hume, "Hollies," p. 55. 1953— leaves thick, 

 stiff, slightly bullate, dark green, oval or slightly obovate; fruit ellip- 

 soid, very large, bright dark red on short pink pedicels. D. Wyman, 

 Arnoldia, 14(12): 72. 1954 — fast grower and very early bearing; 

 leaves smaller than Manig, dark green, inclined to curve, well spined; 

 fruit excellent color, often y 2 inch in diameter, borne in clusters; ranks 



