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A culinary apple much grown in the Tweedside orchards, where it is 

 known by the name of the (Fine Apple ; it is in use from October to 

 Christmas. 



384. WHITMORE PIPPIN.— Forsyth. 



Identipication.— Fors. Treat. 129. Hort. Soo. Cat. ed. 3, n. 861. Lind. 

 Guide, 84. 



Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a quarter wide at the base, 

 and the same in height, but narrowing towards the apex ; conical, and 

 obtusely angled on the sides. Skin, pale greenisli-yellow in the shade ; 

 but with a beautiful red cheek next the sun, and very sparingly strewed 

 with a few minute dots. Eye, closed, set in a narrow and shallow basin. 

 Stalk, about half-an-inch long, inserted in a wide, round, and even 

 cavity. Flesh, white, tinged with green, tender, juicy, sub-acid, and 

 slightly sweet. 



A dessert apple of second-rate quality ; in use from November to 

 April. 



385. WHORLE PIPPIN.— H. 



Stnontmes. — Summer Thorle, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 830. "Watson's New 

 Nonesuch, ace. Ibid. Thorle Pippin, Leslie Sf Anders, Cat. Thoral Pippin, 

 ace. Ron. Pyr. Mai. 



FiGTiKE. — Bon. Pyr. Mai. pi. ii. f. 3. 



Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a quarter wide at the 

 middle, and an inch and three quarters high ; oblate, handsome, and 

 regularly formed. Skin, smooth, shining, and glossy, almost entirely 

 covered with fine bright crimson, which is marked with broken streaks 

 of darker crimson ; but on any portion which is shaded, it is of a fine 

 clear yellow, a little streaked with pale crimson. Eye, scarcely at all 

 depressed, large, half open, with broad, flat segments, which frequently 

 appear as if rent from each other by an over-swelling of the fruit ; and 

 set in a very shallow basin, which is often very russety, and deeply and 

 coarsely cracked. Stalk, a quarter of an inch long, inserted in a wide 

 cavity. Flesh, yellowish-white, firm, crisp, and very juicy, with a brisk, 

 refreshing, and pleasant flavor. 



A beautiful little summer dessert apple, of first-rate quality ; ripe in 

 August. In the south it is but little known, but in Scotland it is to be 

 met with in almost every garden and orchard. 



In all probability the word Thorle is a corruption of Whorle, which 

 is no doubt the correct name of this apple. The name is supposed to 

 be derived from its resemblance to the whorle, which was the propell- 

 ing power, or rather impetus of the spindle, when the distaff and spindle 

 was so much in use. 



386. WICKHAM'S PEARMAIN.— H. 



Stnontmes. — Wick Pearmain, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, p. 31. 



Fruit, small, two inches wide, and about two inches high ; pearmain- 

 shaped, and quite flat at the base. Skin, yellow, tinged and dotted with 



