576 THE FEUTT MANUAIi. 



Wilmot's Early Orleans. See Early Orleans. 

 Wilmot's Green Gage. See Oreen Gage. 

 Wilmot's Late Orleans. See Goliath. 

 Wilmot's Orleans. See Early Orleans. 



WINESOUR (Rotherham). — Fruit, below medium size ; oval. Skin, 

 dark purple, covered with darker purple specks. Stalk, half an inch 

 long. Flesh, greenish yellow, agreeably acid, and having red veins 

 near the stone, to which it adheres, and when cooked the small end of 

 the stone is bright red. 



A very valuable preserving plum ; ripe in the middle of September. 

 Young shoots, downy. 



WOOLSTON BLACK.— Fruit, about medium size; round, and 

 marked with a shallow suture. Skin, deep purple, almost black, strewed 

 with small dots, and covered with blue bloom. Flesh, melting, juicy, 

 sugary, and rich, separating from the stone. 



A delicious dessert plum ; ripe in the beginning of September, and 

 becomes quite a sweetmeat when it shrivels. Shoots, smooth. 



WYEDALE. — Fruit, medium sized ; oval. Skin, dark purple, almost 

 black, and covered with a thin blue bloom. Flesh, brisk, juicy, and 

 agreeably flavoured. 



A culinary plum ; ripe in October. It is much grown in the northern 

 parts of Yorkshire, and is not unlike the Winesour in appearance, but 

 is very much later. 



YeUow Apricot. See Apricot. 



YELLOW DAMASK {Damas Jaune). — Fruit, below medium size ; 

 nearly round. Skin, yellow, with a fine white bloom. Flesh, very 

 juicy and rich, separating from the stone. 



A delicious little plum ; ripe in the beginning of October. Shoots, 

 smooth. 



YELLOW GAGE ((Jonwe's Green Gar/e ; Little Queen Claitde : 

 Heine Claude Petite ; Petit Damas Vert; White Gage). — Fruit, below 

 medium size ; round, and marked with a shallow suture. Skin, green- 

 ish yellow, thickly covered with white bloom. Stalk, half an inch long, 

 inserted in a pretty" deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, firm, rather 

 coarse-grained, but sweet and pleasantly flavoured, separating from the 

 stone. 



A dessert plum of second-rate quality ; ripe in the beginning and 

 middle of September. Shoots, smooth. 



YELLOW IMPE'RATRICE [Altesse Blanche; Monsieur d Fruits 

 Jaune). — Fruit, large ; roundish oval, marked with a suture, which is 

 deep at the apex, and becomes shallow towards the stalk. Skin, deep 

 golden yellow, with a few streaks of red about the stalk, which is half 



