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899. WACKS APFEL. 



A medium sized cider apple, of oblong shape, pale yellow color, and 

 in use from October till December. — R. S .C. n. 851. 

 This cannot be the Wacksapfel of Diel, which is Jlat. 



900. WALLACE WIGHT. 



A variety found in the Carse of Gowrie ; but rare, the fruit is of 

 good quality, and keeps well. — M. C. H. S. iv. 472. 



901. WARD APPLE. 



This is a beautiful flat shaped apple, rather below the middle size, of 

 a fine red towards the eye, and of a yellowish-green towards the footstalk. 

 It is a sharp flavored fruit, and keeps till June. — Fors. Treat. 129. 



902. WEISSE ANTILLISCHE WINTER REINETTE. 



A large, beautiful, and excellent German dessert apple. It is of a 

 calville shape ; the skin is tender, of a fine lemon color when at maturity, 

 and with a slight blush of red on one side ; the flesh is yellowish, fine, 

 firm, and juicy, with a rich, sugary, and vinous flavor. It ripens in 

 December, and keeps till March. — Diel. 



903. WEISSE ITALIANISCHE ROSMARIN APFEL. 



An Italian dessert apple, much cultivated in Southern Germany. It 

 is pearmain shaped ; the skin is smooth, shining, and of a fine waxen 

 yellow color, with pale red, and a few stripes on one side ; the flesh is 

 white, tender, and juicy, and of a rich, sugary, and vinous flavor. It 

 ripens in December. — Diel. 



904. WEISSE WACKS REINETTE. 

 Synontmes. — Weisse Sommer Keinette ; Eeinette d'Ete Blanche. 



One of the most beautiful, and really splendid September apples, very 

 refreshing for dessert use, and as a cider fruit must be considered of the 

 greatest value. Its form is frequently somewhat oblong, and also 

 roundish and flattened. It is three inches and a quarter broad, and 

 about a quarter of an inch less in height. The skin, is fine, some- 

 what unctuous when handled, at first of a pale clear yellow, which 

 changes by keeping to a very beautiful pure waxen, and shining lemon- 

 yellow, faintly washed with a clear, delightful red, on the exposed 

 side only. Eye, half open, set in a wide and deep basin. Stalk, very 

 short, sometimes only a small fleshy knob, inserted in a wide, deep, and 

 funnel-shaped cavity, lined with russet. Flesh, beautiful white, fine, 

 marrowy, and juicy, with a sweet, vinous, very agreeai)le,_ refreshing, 

 somewhat aromatic flavor. Ripens in September, and is in greatest 

 perfection in October. — Diel Kernohst. vii. 137. 



