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
A large kitchen apple, round, and very much flattened, yellow on the
shaded side, and red towards the sun.--_H. S. C._ p. 45.
914. WHITE MUST.
This is a middle sized handsome apple, of a greenish-yellow color, with
a little red towards the sun; the flavor is rather tart but agreeable.
It is ripe in January.--_Fors. Treat._ 129.
915. WHITE NONPAREIL. A medium sized dessert apple, of first-rate
quality; it is of a roundish shape; the skin pale green, covered with
russet. In use in December. _H. S. C._ n. 488.
916. WHITE RUSSET.
Fruit, large, about two inches and three quarters from the eye to the
stalk, and three inches in its transverse diameter near the stalk;
sides angular; color, a yellowish-green, intermixed with white, marked
with light red to the sun, and russeted from it; stalk, short; eye,
wrinkled; richly flavored, but apt to grow mealy when too ripe. In use
during October and November.--_Hort. Trans._ iii. 454.
917. WHITE SEAL.
A large apple for culinary purposes; of an oblong shape; pale yellow
color; of little value and ripe in September.--_H. S. C._ p. 45.
918. WHITE STYRE.
A small cider apple, of first-rate quality; it is of a roundish-shape;
and pale yellow color.--_H. S. C._ n. 801.
919. WHITE WINE.
A Scotch apple; the tree a good bearer.--_M. C. H. S._ iv. 473.
920. WICKHAM’S DEUX ANS.
A medium sized dessert apple, of second-rate quality; the shape is
roundish; the skin greenish-yellow, on the shaded side, and red towards
the sun; it is in use from January till May.--_H. S. C._ p. 12.
921. WILLIAM.
A medium sized apple of second-rate quality as a dessert apple, and
suitable also for cider; the shape is oblate; skin, yellow; in use from
November till January.--_H. S. C._ p. 45.
922. WILLIAMS’S FAVORITE.
A large and handsome dessert apple, worthy of a place in every garden.
It originated at Roxbury, near Boston, U.S., bears abundantly, and
ripens from the last of July to the first of September.
Fruit, of medium size, oblong, and a little one-sided. Stalk, an inch
long, slender, slightly sunk. Calyx, closed, in a narrow angular basin.
Skin, very smooth, of a light red ground, but nearly covered with a
fine dark red. Flesh, yellowish-white, and of a very mild and agreeable
flavor.--_Down. Fr. Amer._ 79.
923. WILLIAMS’S PIPPIN.
This is a conical-shaped apple, with a hollow eye, and short stalk, of
a pale yellow color, with a little red next the sun; the flesh, is pale
yellow, soft and tender. It bakes and roasts well, and will keep till
Christmas.--_Fors. Treat._ 130.
924. WILTSHIRE CATSHEAD.
This is a large handsome apple, red towards the sun, and green on the
other side. It is a very fine baking apple, and of a good flavor. It is
ripe in January.--_Fors. Treat._ 130.
925. WINDHAM’S SEEDLING.
A medium sized apple of second-rate quality, suitable for kitchen use;
it is of an oblate shape, yellow color, and in use from November till
December.--_H. S. C._ n. 867.
926. WINE.
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