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the insertion, and inserted in an even, round, cavity. Flesh, yellowish, 

 tender, crisp, juicy, sugary, and pleasantly flavored. 



A second-rate, but beautiful and handsome dessert apple ; in perfec- 

 tion the beginning of October, but towards the end of the month, 

 becomes dry and mealy. It is, I believe, a Scotch apple, and much 

 grown in some districts, particularly in Clydesdale, where it is known 

 by the name of Egg Apple, and where the fruit lasts longer, than when 

 grown in the warmer climate of the South. 



The Lady's Finger of Dittrich, vol. i. p. 505, is a flat apple of a Calville 

 shape, and must be incorrect. 



381. WHITE VIRGIN.— H. 



Synontme. — Scotcli Virgin. 



Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters wide, and two 

 inches high ; oblate. Skin, smooth and shining, pale yellow, on the 

 shaded size ; but thin orange red, streaked with deep red, on the side 

 next the sun, and strewed with dark dots and a few veins of russet. 

 Eye, large and closed, with broad ovate segments, set in a wide, shallow, 

 and plaited basin. Stalk, a quarter of an inch long, inserted in a narrow, 

 and shallow cavity. Flesh, white, soft, tender, juicy, and briskly 

 acid. 



An excellent culinary apple ; in use from October to February. 



382. WHITE WESTLING.— H. 



Fruit, rather below medium size, two inches and a half broad at the 

 middle, and two inches and a half high ; roundish, inclining to oval, 

 towards the eye ; angular on the sides, and ribbed round the apex. Skin, 

 yellow, tinged with green, and strewed with redish-brown dots on the 

 shaded side ; but deep yellow, with large dark-crimson spots, on the side 

 next the sun, and covered with russet over the base. Eye, small and 

 closed, set in a narrow and angular basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, 

 very slender, inserted in a deep, narrow, and russety cavity. Flesh, 

 white, tender, sweet, and briskly flavored. 



An apple of hardly second-rate quality, grown about the north-eastern 

 parts of Sussex ; it is in use from October to Christmas. 



383. WHITE WINE.— H. 



Fruit, about medium size, two inches and a half broad in the middle, 

 and two inches and a half high ; narrowing towards the apex, conical, 

 slightly angular on the sides, and ribbed round the eye. Skin, greenish- 

 yellow, strewed with russety dots on the shaded side ; but deep yellow, 

 reticulated with fine russet, and dotted with small russety specks on the 

 side exposed to the sun, and with a ray of fine lilac-purple on the base 

 encircling the stalk. Eye, open, with long acute segments, set in a deep 

 and ribbed basin. Stalk, five-eights of an inch long, downy, thick and 

 fleshy, inserted in a round cavity, which is lined with delicate russet. 

 Flesh, white, firm, crisp, and pleasantly acid. 



