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Respecting this apple, a correspondent in the Gardener's Chronicle for 1845 

 has the following remark: "When at Revel many years ago, I made particular 

 inquiries as to the mode of cultivation of the Transparent Apple; I learned chat 

 the soil of the apple orchards there is almost a pure sand, but that it is customary 

 to add to it so much stable manure, that half the bulk of ground may be said to 

 consist of manure. The friend with whom I was staying had some of these apples 

 at dessert; they were transparent, not in blotches, but throughout, so that held to 

 the light the pips may be seen from every part; these apples were juicy as a peach, 

 about the size of a large one, and of a very agreeable flavour and texture." 



White Calville. See Calville Blanche d'Hiver. 

 White Codlin. See Early Almond. 

 White Codlin. See Keswick Codlin. 

 White Lily. See Devonshire Buckland. 

 White- Melrose. See Melrose. 



WHITE MUSK. Fruit, small, two inches and a half wide, by two 

 inches high ; roundish oblate, even and regular. Skin, smooth and 

 shining, pale straw-colour, which is a little deeper when it is more 

 exposed. Eye, small, set in a narrow, rather deep basin, open, with 

 divergent segments. Stamens, basal ; tube, short conical. Stalk, 

 short, in a deep cavity, which is lined with rough russet, and which 

 extends over the base. Flesh, yellowish, very tender, juicy, and 

 pleasantly sub-acid. Cells, closed, roundish obovate ; axile. 



A Herefordshire cider apple. After being gathered, its skin becomes 

 quite unctuous, and the fruit gives off a powerful odour of ether. 



WHITE NONPAREIL. Fruit, small, two inches and a half wide, 

 and the same high ; roundish, and flattened, much resembling the 

 old Nonpareil. Skin, greenish or yellowish green on the shaded side, 

 and with a brownish red tinge on the side next the sun, the whole 

 sprinkled with russet dots, and a thin coat of grey russet, especially 

 round the eye. Eye, closed, with broad, flat, convergent segments, 

 which are a little recurved at the tip, set in a rather deep basin, which 

 is plaited and angular. Stamens, median ; tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, 

 half an inch to three-quarters long, slender, straight, and inserted in a 

 deep wide cavity. Flesh, greenish, tender, crisp, very juicy, sweet, 

 and with a rich flavour, but not so much so as in the old Nonpareil. 

 Cells, ovate ; axile, closed. 



A dessert apple ; in use from December till February. 



WHITE NORMAN. Fruit, small, two niches wide, and an inch 



and a half high ; round, with obtuse angles, which are sometimes 

 rather prominent. Skin, perfectly white, or rather a very pale straw- 

 colour, with only a few large russet dots distantly sprinkled over the 

 surface ; the hollow of the stalk is lined with russet, which extends a 

 little way over the base. Eye, very small, with neat little convergent 

 segments, set in a deep basin, which is plaited, or slightly ribbed. 



