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bedded in the cavity. Flesh, firm, crisp, and pleasantly acid. Cells, 

 obovate ; axile. Core, very small for the size of the fruit. 



A large and very handsome culinary apple ; in use during September 

 and October. 



Wollaton Pippin. See Court Fendii Plat. 



WOODCOCK. Fruit, medium sized ; of an oval shape, tapering a 

 little towards the crown, which is narrow. Skin, entirely covered with 

 bright red, which is very dark on the side next the sun, but on the 

 shaded side it is thin red and yellow streaked with red. Eye, 

 closed, with rather long segments, set in a moderately deep basin, 

 and surrounded with fine knobs. Stamens, rather basal ; tube, short, 

 conical. Stalk, a quarter to half an inch long, inserted obliquely, 

 with a large swelling at its base on one side, which is said by its 

 appearance to give the name to the fruit. Flesh, yellowish, some- 

 times stained with red under the skin, tender, juicy, and acid. Cells, 

 obovate ; axile, slit. 



A Herefordshire cider apple. 



Specific gravity of the juice, 1073. 



This is one of the oldest cider apples, and is highly commended by 

 the writers of the seventeenth century ; but according to Mr. Knight 

 it has long ceased to deserve the attention of the planter. It is said 

 that the name of this apple is derived from an imagined resemblance 

 in the form of the fruit and fruit-stalk, in some instances, to the head 

 and beak of a woodcock ; but Mr. Knight thinks it probable that it 

 was raised by a person of that name. 



Woodcock. See Green Woodcock. 



WOODLEY'S FAVOURITE. Fruit, medium sized, three inches 

 wide, and two inches and a quarter high ; roundish and rather flat- 

 tened at the crown, bluntly angular. Skin, rather greasy when 

 handled, deep yellow, and with a faint blush of crimson where 

 exposed to the sun. Eye, rather large, with broad, flat segments, set 

 in a wide and plaited basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, funnel-shaped. 

 Stalk, half an inch to three-quarters long, set in a wide and rather 

 deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish, tender, juicy, and with a pleasant mild 

 acidity. Cells, ovate ; abaxile. 



An excellent cooking apple ; in use from October to Christmas. It 

 is a fine heavy apple. Sent me by Messrs. Wood & Ingram, of 

 Huntingdon. 



Woodpecker. See Baldwin. 



Wood's Huntingdon. See Court of Wick. 



Woodstock Pippin. See Blenheim Pippin. 



WOOLMAN'S LONG (Ortley ; Van Dyne). Fruit, medium sized ; 



