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yellow on the shaded side, and on the side next the sun it is quite 

 overspread with bright crimson, which is mottled and streaked with 

 darker crimson, the colour gradually becoming paler as it extends to 

 the shaded side. Ej-e, open, with short rudimentary segments, set in 

 a saucer-like basin. Stalk, an inch or more long, slender, and deeply 

 inserted in a wide cavity. Flesh, white, very tender, as much so as 

 that of an American Newtown Kppin, with an excellent flavour and 

 fine aroma. 



A fine showy apple for culinary or dessert use, during October and 

 November. 



This was raised by Mr. Cliarles Ross, gardener, at Welibrd Paili, near Newbury, 

 from Golden Harvey, fertilised, it is supposed, by Lamb Abbey Pealmain, as the 

 fruit from which the seed was taken grew on a tree half Golden Harvey and half 

 Lamb Abbey Pearmain. The seed was sown in 1864, and in 1865 grafts were put 

 on a Blenheim Pippin tree, which fruited for the first time in 1 87 1. It was awarded 

 a first-class certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society, November 7th, 1872. 



Welsh Pippin. See Marmalade Pippin, 



"WEST GRINSTEAD PIPPIN.— Fruit, medium sized, two inches 

 and three quarters broad, by two inches and a half high ; roundish, 

 and shghtly ribbed about the eye. Skin, light green, striped and 

 mottled vrith light red on the side next the sun, and strewed all over 

 with greyish white dots on the exposed, and brown dots on the shaded 

 side. Eye, open, set in a plaited basin. Stalk, a quarter of an inch 

 long, inserted in a shallow cavity. Flesh, greenish white, soft, tender, 

 juicy, and briskly acid. 



A good second-rate apple for the dessert ; in use from November to 

 April, and keeps well without shrivelling. 



A Sussex apple, raised at West Grinstead, in the western division of that 

 county. 



Westmoreland Longstart. See Longstart. 



WHEELER'S RUSSET.— Fruit, medium sized, two inches and 

 three quarters broad, and two inches and a quarter high ; roundish- 

 oblate, and somewhat irregular in its outline. Skin, entirely covered 

 with pale yellowish grey russet, with reddish brown where exposed to 

 the sun, strewed with russety freckles. Eye, small and closed, with 

 short segments, set in a wide and undulated basin. Stalk, from a 

 quarter to half an inch long, inserted in a round, narrow, and deep 

 cavity. Flesh, greenish white, firm, juicy, brisk, and sugary, with a 

 rich, vinous, and aromatic flavour. 



A valuable and highly flavoured dessert apple of the first quality ; it 

 is in use from November to April ; and as Mr. Lindley says, when 

 ripened and begins to shrivel, it is one of the best russets of its season. 



The tree is a free grower, healthy, and hardy, but does not attain 

 above the middle size. It is generally a good bearer, and succeeds well 

 in almost any soU, provided it be not too moist. 



This apple is said to have been raised by James Wheeler, the founder of the 

 Gloucester nursery, now in the occupation of his great grandson. He was an 



