PLATE XLV. 
6. GREEN WILDING. 
This variety is without history, and is probably a seedling from some small orchard nursery. 
From the age of the tree it must be as old as the century (c. 1800). 
Description. —Fruit : medium sized, short conical, obscurely ribbed, narrowing towards the 
eye, where it is somewhat puckered. Skin : yellowish green, strewed with numerous large russety 
dots and a few lines of russet. Eye : small and closed, set in a narrow puckered basin. Stalk : 
very short, completely embedded in a deep cavity. Flesh : white, tender, sweet, and with a 
mawkish flavour, but without bitterness, marked astringency, or much acidity. 
The chemical analysis (season 1881) by Mr. With gave these results :— 
Density of fresh juice ... ... ... ... 1*044 
Ditto ditto after 24 hours’exposure to air ... ... 1*046 
And one hundred parts of the juice by weight afforded of— 
Sugar ... ... ... ... ... 10*530 
Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. ... ... ... 3T70 
Water ... ... ... ... ... 86*300 
The Green Wilding is much esteemed in the Valley of the Frome. It makes a good, sound, 
deep-coloured cider, with a sweet and pleasant flavour; but it is generally mixed with other 
varieties. The analysis proves it to be a valuable fruit. 
The tree is upright in growth, very hardy and a good bearer. It is grown chiefly about 
Eggleton, Homend, and in the orchards of that district, where there are many large trees to be 
found. It is still being propagated on that side of the county. 
