PLATE XLIII. 
5. GREEN WOODCOCK. 
[Syn : Woodcocki] 
Its origin is nowhere, given. 
Description .—Fruit : medium sized, round and somewhat flattened. Skin : green changing 
to yellow, with a blush of red, which is striped with broad broken streaks of dark red on the side 
next the sun. Eye : open with long pointed segments, deeply set in an angular basin. Stalk : 
short, inserted in a shallow cavity, lined with rough russet, which extends over the base. Flesh : 
white tinged with green, tender, juicy and briskly flavoured. 
A good culinary apple, in season from October till Christmas. 
The tree is hardy and bears well. It is much grown about Heathfield and Hailsham, in 
Sussex. 
