WILLIAM'S FAVOURITE. Dessert, August, 

 medium, 2\ by 2j, round to oblong, conical, irregular. 

 Colour, pale greenish-yellow, nearly covered with very 

 dark crimson flush and broad stripes. Flesh, sott, 

 greenish, aromatic. Eye, closed, segments reflexed 

 at tips, in a moderate basin, at the base of which are a 

 few round bead-like knobs. Stem, fairly long, much 

 knobbed each end, in a shallow cavity. Growth, 

 moderate, rather straggling, spurring well ; fertile. 

 Leaf, rather large, round, pale, down-hanging, 

 undulating, serrate. Origin, at Roxbury, U.S.A., about 

 1750. Probably introduced to England, about 1828. 

 One of the best early dessert apples and well worthy of 

 culture. 



WILLIAM CRUMP. Card. Chron., 1909, p. 21. 

 Dessert, December to February, medium, 2j by if, 

 round conical, regular. Colour, greenish-yellow, almost 

 covered with dark brown-red and light russet. Flesh, 

 rather firm, greenish-yellow, of good flavour. Eye, 

 closed in a round even basin. Stem, short in a deep 

 and rather narrow cavity. Growth, moderate, upright. 

 Leaf, rather large, dark, horizontal upfolded, little 

 twisted, boldly serrate. Origin, raised by Mr. W. 

 Crump from Cox's Orange and Worcester Pearmain, 

 and introduced by Messrs. Rowe, of Worcester. A good 

 addition to the late dessert sorts. So far it is not very 

 fertile with me at Allington, but it crops well with its 

 raiser. 



Wilson's Codlin : see Nelson Codlin. 

 Winter Beefing : see Norfolk Beefing. 

 Winter Bellefleur : see Brabant Bellefleur. 



WINTER BANANA. Year Book Dept. Agr., U.S. A ., 

 1913, ii2. Dessert, till March, very large, 3 by 2j, 

 round, rather flattened, tapering to eye. Colour, pale 

 golden-yellow with slight red flush. Skin, very smooth. 

 Flesh, pale yellow, a little coarse grained, juicy, aromatic. 

 Eye, slightly open, in a broad, slightly ribbed basin. 



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