730 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Waterloo of Kent. See Bush. 

 Wentworth. See White Magnum Bonum. 



WHEAT. Fruit, small ; roundish oval, marked on one side with a 

 shallow suture, which is swollen on one side. Skin, bright fiery red 

 next the sun, pale yellow in the shade, and covered with thin white 

 bloom. Stalk, half an inch long, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, 

 greenish yellow, firm, and adhering to the stone, and of a sweet and 

 subacid flavour. 



A very old dessert plum ; ripe in the middle and end of August. 

 The young shoots are smooth and slender ; the tree is a small grower 

 but an excellent bearer. 



White Bullace. See Bullace. 

 White Damson. See Damson. 



WHITE IMPERATKICE (Imperatrice Blanche). Fruit, medium 

 sized ; obovate, marked on one side with a faint suture, which terminates 

 at the apex in the slight depression. Skin, bright yellow with occa- 

 sionally a few red spots, and covered with thin white bloom. Stalk, 

 half an inch long, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, yellow, firm, 

 crisp, and juicy, almost transparent, sweet, and separating freely from 

 the stone ; when too ripe apt to become mealy. 



A plum of second-rate quality ; ripe in the beginning and middle of 

 September. The shoots are smooth, short, and slender. The tree is 

 not vigorous nor a large grower, and requires the protection of a wall, 

 of which it is unworthy. 



WHITE MAGNUM BONUM (Askew' s Golden Egg; Bonum 

 Magnum; Dame Aubert ; Dame Aubert Blanche; Egg Plum; Grosse 

 Luisante; Imperiale Blanche ; White Mogul; Yellow Magnum Bonum). 

 Fruit, of the largest size ; oval, with a rather deep suture extending 

 the whole length on one side. Skin, thick and membranous, and adhering 

 to the flesh, deep yellow, and covered with thin white bloom. Stalk, 

 an inch long, and inserted without depression. Flesh, yellow, firm, 

 coarse-grained, with a brisk subacid flavour, and adhering to the stone. 



A culinary plum highly esteemed for preserving ; ripe in September. 

 The young shoots are smooth. The tree is a strong and vigorous 

 grower and bears well either as a standard or an espalier, and when 

 grown against a south wall the fruit is considerably improved both in 

 size and flavour. 



White Mirabelle. See Mirabelle Petite. 

 White Mogul. See White Magnum Bonum. 



WHITE PEBDBIGON (Brignole ; Maitre Claude; Perdrigon 

 Blanc). Fruit, medium sized ; oval, narrowing towards the stalk, with 



