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open, with long acute segments, set in a deep and ribbed basin. Stalk, 

 five-eighths of an inch long, downy, thick, and fleshy, inserted in a 

 round cavity, which is lined with delicate russet. Flesh, white, firm, 

 crisp, and pleasantly acid. 



A culinary apple much grown in the Tweedside orchards, where it is 

 known by the name of the Wine Apple ; it is in use from October to 

 Christmas. 



"White Winter Calville. See Cahille Blanche tl'Hiver. 



WHITING PIPPIN. Fruit, small, two inches and a half wide, and 

 two inches high ; roundish oblate, obtusely angular. Skin, yellow, 

 with an orange tinge on the side exposed to the sun, and the whole 

 surface strewed with rather bold russet dots. Eye, small, with erect, 

 convergent segments, set in a pretty deep basin, which is sometimes 

 angular, and sometimes quite round and smooth. Stamens, marginal ; 

 tube, short conical. Stalk, short and stout, quite within the cavity. 

 Flesh, yellowish, firm, crisp, and juicy, with an agreeable flavour. 

 Cells, obovate ; axile, slit. 



A Worcestershire apple, much grown in the districts of South 

 Shropshire and Worcestershire ; it is in use up till January. 



WHITMORE PIPPIN. Fruit, below medium size, two inches and 

 a quarter wide at the base, and the same in height, but narrowing 

 towards the apex ; conical, and obtusely angled on the sides. Skin, 

 pale greenish yellow in the shade, but with a beautiful red cheek next 

 the sun, and very sparingly strewed with a few minute dots. Eye, 

 closed, set in a narrow and shallow basin. Stalk, about half an inch 

 long, inserted in a wide, round, and even cavity. Flesh, white, tinged 

 with green, tender, juicy, sub-acid, and slightly sweet. 



A dessert apple of second-rate quality ; in use from November to 

 April. 



WHOKLE PIPPIN (Summer Thorle ; Watson's New Xonesuch ; 

 Thorle Pippin; Lady Derby). Fruit, below medium size, two inches 

 and a quarter wide at the middle, and an inch and three-quarters high ; 

 oblate, handsome, and regularly formed. Skin, smooth, shining, and 

 glossy, almost entirely covered with fine bright crimson, which is 

 marked with broken streaks of darker crimson, but on any portion 

 which is shaded it is of a fine clear yellow, a little streaked with pale 

 crimson. Eye, scarcely at all depressed, large, half open, with broad, 

 flat segments, which frequently appear as if rent from each other by an 

 ov.er- swelling of the fruit, and set in a very shallow basin, which is 

 often very russety, and deeply and coarsely cracked. Stalk, a quarter 

 of an inch long, inserted in a wide cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, 

 firm, crisp, and very juicy, with a brisk, refreshing, and pleasant 

 flavour. 



A beautiful little summer dessert apple of first-rate quality ; ripe in 



