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2, Eye closed or only slightly open. 



Example : ' Reinette Thouin. 



ORDER II. Striped Borsdorfer Reinettes, 

 The fruit is red on sunny side and darkly striped. 

 Example : ' Red Borsdorfer.' 



ORDER III. Red Borsdorfer Reinettes. 

 The fruit is red on sunny side, not, or not markedly, striped. 



A. Eye open or half open. 



Example : ' Borsdorfer.' 



B. Eye closed or nearly so. 



Example : ' Red Canada.' 



Class IX. Single-coloured Reinettes. 

 Fruit small or middle-sized, mostly symmetrical. Basin even or very 

 slightly ribbed. Transverse section round. Skin pale or only very slightly 

 flushed, generally moderately shining. Seldom warted. Core small or middle- 

 sized, axile or nearly so. Flesh fine-grained, at first crisp, later mellow and soft, 

 juicy, true Reinette flavour, winey and sweet. 



ORDER I. Small Pale-coloured' Reinettes. 



Their greatest diameter does not exceed 60 mm. when from standard trees, 

 1. Skin smooth. 



A. Eye open or half open. 



Example : ' Yellow Ingestrie.' 



B. Eye closed or slightly open. 



Example : ' Hughes' Golden Pippin.' 

 2« Skin slightly rough. 



A. Eye open or half open. 



Example : ' Golden Pippin.' 



B. Eye closed or nearly so. 



Example : ' Cockle Pippin.' 



ORDER II. Middle-sized Pale-coloured Reinettes, 



Greatest width 60 to 80 mm. 



1. Skin smooth. 



A. Fruit much broader than high, generally widest in centre of fruit. 



Flattened round. 



(a) Eye open or half open. 

 Example : ' Reinette von Breda.' 



(b) Eye closed or half open. 

 Example : ' Evagil.' 



B. Fruit markedly broader than high, mostly broader at the base, flattened 



round or flat conical. 



(a) Eye open or half open. 

 Example : ' Scott's Reinette.' 



(b) Eye closed or slightly open. 

 Example : ' Green Newton Pippin.' 



C. Fruit nearly as broad as high, flattened round or flat conical. 



(a) Eye open or half open. 

 Example : ' Frogmore Prolific' 



(b) Eye closed or slightly open. 



Example : ' Early Yellow Reinette [Downing] .' 



2. Skin covered fine russet. 



A. Fruit flattened roundish; greatest diameter at centre. 



(a) Eye open or half open. 

 Example : ' Wyken Pippin.' 



(b) Eye closed or slightly open. 

 Example : ' Old Nonpareil.' 



B. Fruit egg or conical shaped. 



Example : ' Martin's Nonpareil.' 



Class X. Red Reinettes. 



Fruit middle-sized, seldom small, rarely large, generally symmetrical. Basin 

 generally smooth, ribs very slight. Transverse section round. Skin green or 

 greenish gold, not yellow gold ; rich red on the sunny side, mostly smooth, seldom 



