98 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Green Street. See Wanstall. 



GREEN TIFFING (Mage's Johnny). Fruit, medium sized, two 

 inches and a half high, and about the same in width ; conical, rounded 

 at the base, and somewhat angular and ribbed on the sides and round 

 the eye. Skin, smooth, green at first, but changing as it ripens to 

 yellowish green ; next the sun it is quite yellow, strewed with minute 

 russety dots, and a few dots of red. Eye, small and closed, set in a 

 shallow basin, and surrounded with prominent plaits. Stalk, short, 

 inserted in a rather deep cavity. Flesh, white, crisp, tender, very 

 juicy, and pleasantly acid. 



A most excellent culinary apple ; in use from September to December. 

 The tree is a free grower, and an excellent bearer. 



This is an esteemed variety in Lancashire, where it is extensively cultivated. 



GREEN WILDING. Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three- 

 quarters wide, and about the same high ; short, conical ; obscurely 

 ribbed, narrowing to the eye, where it is somewhat puckered. Skin, 

 yellowish green, strewed with numerous large russety dots, and a few 

 lines of russet. Eye, small and closed, set in a narrow, puckered basin. 

 Stamens, median ; tube, conical. Stalk, very short, completely im- 

 bedded in a deep cavity. Flesh, white, tender, sweet, and mawkish. 

 Cells, ovate ; axile, open. 



A useful Herefordshire cider apple. 



Green Winter Pippin. See Newtown Pippin. 



GREENWOOD RUSSET. Fruit, small, two inches and a half 

 wide, and two inches high ; oblate, even and regular in its outline. 

 Skin, deep yellow on the shaded side, and covered with a coat of ash- 

 grey russet on the side next the sun. Eye, closed, with erect conver- 

 gent segments, which are reflexed at the tips, set in a shallow, plaited 

 basin. Stamens, marginal; tube, conical. Stalk, very short, not 

 exceeding a quarter of an inch, and set in a wide, flat cavity. Flesh, 

 yellowish, juicy, sweet, and well-flavoured. Cells, obovate ; axile, open. 



A second-rate dessert apple, which keeps in good condition to 

 February without shrivelling. 



GREEN WOODCOCK (Woodcock). Fruit, medium sized ; round 

 and somewhat flattened. Skin, green, changing to yellow with a blush 

 of red, which is striped with broad broken streaks of dark red on the 

 side next the sun. Eye, open, with long pointed segments, deeply set 

 in an angular basin. Stamens, basal ; tube, conical. Stalk, short, 

 inserted in a shallow cavity, lined with rough russet, which extends 

 over the base. Flesh, white, tinged with green, tender, juicy, and 

 briskly flavoured. Cells, obovate ; axile, slit. 



A good culinary apple ; in use from October till Christmas. 



This is very much grown about Heathfield and Hailsham, in Sussex. 



