A medium sized kitchen apple of second-rate quality, ovate shape, and yellow color; it is in use from November till January.—[H. S. C.] n. 235.
534. EGGERMONT’S CALVILLE.
Fruit, medium sized, three inches broad, and two inches and a half high; oblate. Skin, somewhat unctuous to the feel, of an uniform clear lemon-yellow color, marked here and there, with lines and figures of russet. Eye, closed, with long segments, set in a rather deep and ribbed basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, inserted in a deep, funnel-shaped, and russety cavity. Flesh, beautiful white, fine, juicy, marrowy, and of a rich, sugary, and vinous flavor and aroma.
An excellent and beautiful dessert apple, ripe in November, and continues during the winter.—[Diel Kernobst.] vi. B. 3.
535. ELDON PIPPIN.
A medium sized dessert apple, of first-rate quality, it is of roundish shape; yellow, with brownish-red color; and in use from January till April.—[H. S. C.] n. 236.
536. EMBROIDERED APPLE.
This is pretty large, and the stripes of red, very broad, from which circumstance it takes its name. It is commonly used as a kitchen apple, and is ripe in October.—[Fors. Treat.] 101.