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A culinary apple of first-rate quality, requiring scarcely any sugar 

 when cooked ; in use from September to Christmas. The tree is 

 remarkable for its very small foliage, notwithstanding which the fruit is 

 of good size, and the tree a good bearer. I know of no apple tree 

 which bears fruit so large and has foliage so small. 



This apple was raised about the year 1810, from seed of Golden Noble, by Mr. 

 John Barnard, of Waltham Abbey, in Essex, and was introduced by him at a 

 meeting of the London Horticultural Society in 1821. It is quite distinct, 

 though somewhat resembling Golden Noble, with which it is sometimes made 

 synonymous. 



WANSTALL (Wanstall Jack; Jack-in-the-Wood}. Fruit, medium 

 sized, two inches and a half wide, and two inches !and a quarter high ; 

 roundish, but narrowing a little towards the eye, with five prominent 

 angles on the sides, which terminate in ridges round the apex, render- 

 ing the shape distinctly five-sided. Skin, deep golden yellow on the 

 shaded side, but red, which is striped and mottled with darker red, on 

 the side next the sun ; marked with patches and veins of thin grey 

 russet, and strewed all over with russety dots. Eye, half open, with 

 broad, flat segments, set in an angular and plaited basin. Stamens, 

 median ; tube, short, funnel-shaped. Stalk, half an inch long, deeply 

 inserted in a round cavity. Flesh, yellow, firm, crisp, juicy, rich, 

 sugary, and highly flavoured. Cells, obovate ; axile. 



A dessert apple of the very first quality, equal in flavour to the 

 Ribston Pippin, and will keep till May and June. 



Originated at Green Street, near Sittingbourne, in Kent, with a tailor of the 

 name of "Wanstall, about the beginning of the present century. 



WAREHAM RUSSET (Tudball Kusset). Fruit, medium sized, two 

 inches and three-quarters wide, and two inches and a quarter high ; 

 roundish, obtusely angular, and terminating at the crown in four or five 

 more or less prominent ridges. Skin, greenish yellow, becoming more 

 yellow at maturity, with a brownish red cheek where exposed to the 

 sun ; on the shaded side it is more or less marked with dull grey russet. 

 Eye, rather closed, with erect convergent segments, which are diver- 

 gent at the points, set in a rather deep basin. Stamens, median ; 

 tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, about half an inch long, deeply imbedded 

 in the cavity. Flesh, firm, crisp, juicy, sweet, and with a pleasant 

 sub-acid flavour. Cells, obovate ; axile, closed or slit. 



A dessert apple, in use from October till Christmas, much grown 

 in Cheshire, and which derives its name from the village of Waverham 

 (pronounced Wareham) in that county. 



WARNER'S KING (King Apple; David T. Fish; KillicWs Apple; 

 Nelson's Glory ; Wcavcriiuj Apple; Poor Man's Friend). Fruit, very 

 large, four inches wide, and three inches and a half high; roundish and 

 depressed or ovate, obtusely angular, broad at the base. Skin, grass- 

 green, changing to uniform clear deep yellow as it ripens, strewed with 

 russety dots and patches of pale brown russet. Eye, small and closed, 



