THE APPLE. 401 



WHEELER'S RUSSET. 



An Apple originated in Gloucester, England, and described by 

 Lindley, as : 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, yellowish, gray russet brown in the 

 sun, and darker russety specks. Flesh firm, greenish white, brisk, sac- 

 charine. November to March. 



WHEELER'S SWEET. 



Origin, Harding Co., O. 



Fruit medium, roundish conic, yellow, with a red cheek in the sun, 

 minute brown and light dots. Stalk short. Cavity deep, furrowed. 

 Calyx closed. Basin abrupt, deep. Flesh yellowish, rather firm, mode- 

 rately juicy, pleasant, sweet. Good. Core rather small. October, No- 

 vember. 



WHIG. 



From Pennsylvania. Tree moderately vigorous, spreading. 



Fruit below medium, oblate, inclining to conic, often oblique, yellow, 

 shaded, splashed, and striped with light and dark red, sometimes very 

 dark, large light dots, often with a brown centre. Stalk short, small. 

 Cavity russeted. Calyx closed. Flesh white, tender, juicy, mild sub- 

 acid, almost sweet. Good. Core small. December. 



WHITE ASTRACHAN. 



Pyrus Astracanica. Transparent de Moscovie. 



Glace de Zelande. Weisser Astrakan. 



Astracanischer Sommerapfel. 



A nearly white, semi-transparent Russian Apple. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish. Skin very smooth, nearly white, 

 with a few faint streaks of red on one side, and covered with a white 

 bloom. Flesh quite white, partially transparent, tender, and of delicate 

 flavor, but rather dry. Poor. First of August. 



WHITE BEAUTY. 



Origin, Ashtabula Co., O. Tree a good grower, young shoots, red- 

 dish, with gray specks. 



Fruit medium, roundish, smooth, dull greenish, with grayish specks. 

 Flesh very white, tender, sprightly subacid. Good. September, De- 

 cember. (Elliott.) 



WHITE CALVILLE. 



White Winter Calville. Calville Blanche d'Hiver. 



Weisser Winter Calville. 



The White Calville is a celebrated old French sauce and cooking 

 Apple ; but, like most others of its class, is not worthy of cultivation. 



Fruit medium, roundish conic, ribbed, yellow, faint blush. Flesh 

 coarse, tender, pleasant. Hardly good. November, February. 



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