IDENTIFICATION.--Lang. Pom. 134. Mill. Dict. Fors. Treat. 129. Lind. Guide, 100. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 753. Diel Kernobst. xi. 109. Rog. Fr. Cult. 107. Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters broad, and two inches and a quarter high; roundish-oblate, and somewhat irregular in its outline. Skin, entirely covered with pale yellowish-grey russet; with redish-brown where exposed to the sun, strewed with russety freckles. Eye, small and closed, with short segments, set in a wide, and undulated basin. Stalk, from a quarter to half-an-inch long, inserted in a round, narrow, and deep cavity. Flesh, greenish-white, firm, juicy, brisk, and sugary, with a rich, vinous, and aromatic flavor. A valuable, and highly flavored dessert apple of the first quality; it is in use from November to April; and as Mr. Lindley says, when ripened, and begins to shrivel, it is one of the best russets of its season. The tree is a free grower, healthy, and hardy, but does not attain above the middle size. It is generally a good bearer, and succeeds well in almost any soil, provided it be not too moist. This apple was raised by James Wheeler, the founder of the Gloucester nursery, now in the occupation of his grandson, Mr. J. Cheslin Wheeler. He was an intelligent and assiduous man in his profession, and published in 1763, “The Botanist’s and Gardener’s New Dictionary.” He died about the beginning of the present century, having attained over ninety years of age. 378. WHEELER’S EXTREME.--Forsyth. IDENTIFICATION.--Fors. Treat. 129. Fruit, small, nearly two inches wide, and one inch and a quarter high; oblate, much resembling the Api in shape. Skin, pale greenish-yellow, considerably marked with russet, particularly round the eye; and covered with fine clear red, which is mottled with deeper red, on the side next the sun. Eye, small and closed, set in a shallow basin. Stalk, very short, inserted in a small, shallow cavity. Flesh, yellowish-white, crisp, tender, sweet, and delicately perfumed. A pretty little dessert apple, but not of first-rate quality; it is in use from November to February. This, as well as the preceding, was raised by James Wheeler, of Gloucester. The original tree is still existing in the nursery of his grandson, to whom I am much indebted for several pomological favors. The name of “Extreme,” is supposed to have been applied to this variety, from the circumstance of producing its fruit on the extremities of the last year’s shoots. 379. WHITE ASTRACHAN.--Hort. IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 18. Lind. Guide, 7. Down. Fr. Amer, 78.