248 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



WINTER RUSSET. Fruit, about medium size, two inches and a 

 quarter wide, and two inches high ; roundish and flattened ; the sides 

 are angular, and the crown is ribbed. Skin, entirely covered with 

 brown russet, which is thick but not rough, and in some specimens 

 there is a tinge of orange ground colour, and in others there is a patch 

 of smooth, shining, dark crimson. Eye, closed, with broad green leaf- 

 like segments, set in a moderately deep and rather angular basin. 

 Stalk, from a quarter to half an inch long, woody and slender, inserted 

 in an open and moderately deep cavity. Flesh, greenish white, very 

 firm and crisp, but not juicy, with a brisk, somewhat sweet, and agree- 

 ably perfumed flavour. 



An excellent kitchen apple, which bakes well, and makes good sauce ; 

 in use from Christmas till the end of February, and does not shrivel 

 like most of the russets. 



I received this from Mr. G. S. Wintle, of Gloucester, and it is generally met 

 with in the orchards of that neighbourhood. 



WINTER STRAWBERRY. Fruit, medium sized; roundish, in- 

 clining to conical, with obtuse angles ; knobbed round the crown. 

 Skin, yellow, striped with broken streaks of red. Eye, closed, sur- 

 rounded with plaits in a shallow basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, 

 conical or funnel-shaped. Stalk, half an inch to an inch long, 

 inserted in a shallow cavity. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, juicy, briskly 

 acid, and with a pleasant aroma. Cells, obovate ; axile. 



A culinary apple ; in use from December to March. 



WINTER WHORLE. Fruit, small, two inches and a half wide, 

 and an inch and three-quarters high ; oblate, undulating round the 

 crown. Skin, yellowish green in the shade, and orange striped with 

 broken streaks of crimson next the sun ; russety all over the base and 

 in the basin of the eye. Eye, closed, with flat convergent segments, 

 set in a round plaited basin. Stamens, median ; tube, funnel-shaped. 

 Stalk, over half an inch long, straight, inserted in a rather shallow, 

 wide cavity. Flesh, yellowish, tender, juicy, sweet, and of good 

 flavour. Cells, open, ovate, pointed ; axile. 



An excellent late-keeping dessert apple, adapted for the North of 

 Scotland ; it keeps in good condition till March. 



It was sent to me by my excellent friend Dr. J. Mackenzie, of Eileanach, 

 Inverness. 



WITHIN GTON FILLBASKET. Fruit, very large, four inches 

 wide, by three and a quarter high ; roundish and depressed, promi- 

 nently and obtusely angular on the side and ribbed at the crown. 

 Skin, uniformly green or yellowish green, and occasionally with the 

 faintest tinge of dull red where fully exposed to the sun, and thickly 

 strewed with minute russet dots. Eye, quite closed, with convergent 

 segments, and set in a deep angular and plaited basin. Stamens, 

 basal ; tube, short, funnel-shaped. Stalk, very short and stout, im- 



