PLATE XLV. 
4. ROYAL WILDING. 
[Syn : The Cadbury .] 
There is no published account of the origin of this variety. It is not mentioned by any of 
the cider authorities of the last century, and nothing is known of its history. There are, however, 
many large and old trees scattered through the county, which prove that it must have been in 
existence earlier than the present century—though not mentioned in any of the authorities on cider 
fruits—(1750 or 1780). In Somersetshire this Apple is called “ The Cadbury 
Description .—Fruit : of medium size, conical, contracted around the upper third with obtuse 
ribs on the sides which extend to the crown and form ridges round the eye. Skin : greenish yellow 
on the shaded side and brownish red on the side next the sun ; sometimes the skin is entirely 
greenish yellow with an orange tinge next the sun. The whole surface is often covered with very 
small specks of a green tint on the shaded side, and red where coloured. Eye : small, set in a 
narrow and puckered basin, and with convergent segments. Stalk : short, or a mere knob deeply 
inserted in a shallow cavity, often lined with thin pale rus:et. Flesh : woolly and tough, not very 
