British Pomology: Or, the History, Description, Classification, and Synonymes, of the Fruits and Fruit Trees of Great BritainHogg, Robert
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British Pomology: Or, the History, Description, Classification, and Synonymes, of the Fruits and Fruit Trees of Great Britain
Hogg, Robert
Apples
Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half wide, and three inches high;
oblong, broader at the base than the apex. Skin, smooth, thick and
tough, of a fine rich yellow, thinly and faintly freckled with red on
the shaded side, but covered with broken streaks and dots of darker
red, interspersed with dark brown russety dots, on the side exposed to
the sun. Eye, open, set in a shallow basin. Stalk, an inch long, fleshy
at the insertion; and inserted in an even, round, cavity. Flesh,
yellowish, tender, crisp, juicy, sugary, and pleasantly flavored.
A second-rate, but beautiful and handsome dessert apple; in perfection
the beginning of October, but towards the end of the month, becomes dry
and mealy. It is, I believe, a Scotch apple, and much grown in some
districts, particularly in Clydesdale, where it is known by the name of
_Egg Apple_, and where the fruit lasts longer, than when grown in the
warmer climate of the South.
The Lady’s Finger of Dittrich, vol. i. p. 505, is a flat apple of a
Calville shape, and must be incorrect.
381. WHITE VIRGIN.--H.
SYNONYME.--Scotch Virgin.
Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters wide, and two inches
high; oblate. Skin, smooth and shining, pale yellow, on the shaded
size; but thin orange red, streaked with deep red, on the side next the
sun, and strewed with dark dots and a few veins of russet. Eye, large
and closed, with broad ovate segments, set in a wide, shallow, and
plaited basin. Stalk, a quarter of an inch long, inserted in a narrow,
and shallow cavity. Flesh, white, soft, tender, juicy, and briskly acid.
An excellent culinary apple; in use from October to February.
382. WHITE WESTLING.--H.
Fruit, rather below medium size, two inches and a half broad at the
middle, and two inches and a half high; roundish, inclining to oval,
towards the eye; angular on the sides, and ribbed round the apex. Skin,
yellow, tinged with green, and strewed with redish-brown dots on the
shaded side; but deep yellow, with large dark-crimson spots, on the
side next the sun, and covered with russet over the base. Eye, small
and closed, set in a narrow and angular basin. Stalk, half-an-inch
long, very slender, inserted in a deep, narrow, and russety cavity.
Flesh, white, tender, sweet, and briskly flavored.
An apple of hardly second-rate quality, grown about the north-eastern
parts of Sussex; it is in use from October to Christmas.
383. WHITE WINE.--H.
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