medium, 2} by 2j, round, very regular, flat. Colour, 

 golden-yellow, striped with crimson. Flesh, firm, 

 yellowish, sweet and well flavoured. Eye, open, 

 sepals reflexed, in a flat, shallow basin. Stem, very 

 short and stout, in a wide fairly deep cavity. Growth, 

 vigorous ; fertile. Leaf, moderately large, little 

 upfolded, held up, crenate. Origin, raised at Werder, 

 near Potsdam, Germany. It is probably not the fruit 

 figured in the Fl. and Pom., 1882, 73. A nice little 

 fruit resembling a small Blenheim Orange. 



WHEELER'S RUSSET. Her. Pom., 33. F., 

 Reinette Grise de Wheeler. Dessert, till April, medium, 

 2 1 by 2 i, round conical, irregular. Colour, yellow with 

 reddish-brown flush, covered with russet. Flesh, firm, 

 greenish, sweet. Eye, closed in a shallow plaited 

 basin. Stem, medium, in a rather deep cavity. 

 Growth, moderate ; fertility, moderate. Origin, uncer- 

 tain. Known in 1717. English. Of no particular merit. 



White Calville : see Calville Blanche d'Hiver. 

 White Codlin : see Dutch Codlin. 



WHITE JOANETING. Ronalds, P. i. (Early 

 May, Jenetting, Primiting.) Dessert, mid- July, small, 

 2 by if, round slightly flattened, regular. Colour, 

 straw-yellow with occasional faint red flush. Flesh, 

 crisp, white, flavour fresh. Eye, a little open or closed, 

 in a shallow, even basin. Stem, long and slender, in 

 a shallow cavity. Growth, moderate, upright ; fer- 

 tility, fair. Leaf, small, irregularly serrate or crenate, 

 little upfolded. Origin, English ; before 1600. The 

 earliest apple of all. 



WHITE MELROSE. Culinary, October to Decem- 

 ber, fairly large, 3 by 3, roundish, conical, ribbed. 

 Colour, palest yellow with an occasional reddish flush. 

 Flesh, pale yellow, juicy, slightly acid. Eye, closed, 

 in a deep ribbed basin. Stem, short in a deep russet 

 cavity. Growth, vigorous, upright ; very fertile. 



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