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flavoured from a standard, and if grown on a quince stock against a 

 wall or an espalier it assumes a beautiful red colour next the sun, and 

 comes considerably larger than from a standard. It must be eaten in 

 good time, for if kept too long it shrivels and becomes woolly and 

 mealy. 



WHITE LON GLAND. Fruit, about medium size ; turbinate, even 

 and regular in its outline. Skin, very thickly sprinkled with large 

 russet dots, and lines of russet and a patch round the stalk ; on the 

 exposed side it has a thin pale red cheek, and on the shaded side it is 

 yellowish green. Eye, open, with short incurved segments, set in a 

 shallow depression. Stalk, half an inch long, woody, straight with 

 the axis of the fruit, and inserted in a narrow shallow cavity. Flesh, 

 yellowish, firm, coarse-grained, with a brisk, sweet juice. 



My friend Dr. Bull, of Hereford, informs me that this is " a capital 

 stewing pear, and sold for this purpose ; but used also for perry. It 

 stews of a splendid rich red colour, but is coarse and rough in flavour." 



WHITE SQUASH. Fruit, two inches and a quarter in diameter ; 

 roundish turbinate, even and regular in its outline. Skin, yellowish 

 green when ripe, and strewed all over with small russety dots, with 

 here and there a patch of russet, but always russety round the stalk 

 and the eye. Eye, open, with short, stunted segments, set in a saucer- 

 like basin. Stalk, an inch long, inserted without depression, and with 

 a fleshy swelling on one side of it. Flesh, coarse, crisp, very juicy, 

 and harshly astringent. 



A Herefordshire perry pear. 



Wilding of Caissoy. See Besi de Caissoy. 

 Wilding Von Heri. See Besi d'Hery. 

 Wilhelmine. See Beurre d'Amanlis. 



WILLERMOZ. Fruit, large ; obtuse pyriform, ribbed and bossed 

 in its outline. Skin, of a golden yellow colour, with a red blush on 

 the exposed side, and covered with fine russet dots. Stalk, an inch 

 long, woody. Flesh, white, fine-grained, buttery, and melting, very 

 juicy, sweet, and highly perfumed. 



A second-rate pear ; ripe in October and November. 



William the Fourth. See Louise Bonne of Jersey. 

 Williams' s. See Williams' s Bon Chretien. 



WILLTAMS'S BON CHRETIEN (Bartlett; De Lavault; Wil- 

 liams's). Fruit, large ; obtuse pyriform, irregular and bossed in its 

 outline. Skin, smooth, at first pale green, changing as it ripens to 

 clear yellow, and tinged with streaks of red next the sun. Eye, open, 

 set in a very shallow depression, but more generally even with the 

 surface. Stalk, an inch long, stout and fleshy, and inserted in a shallow 



