PLATE XLIX. 
with in Ruellius, Tragus, Curtius, and Dalechamp, the last author considering it the Cestiana of 
Pliny. Curtius applies the name to a yellow apple, and so also does Ruellius ; but Tragus considers 
it one of the varieties of Passe-pomme. He says “ Capendua magna sunt alba et dulcia , in quorum 
utero semina per maturitatem sonant, Rue/Ho “ Passipoma ” apellanlur .” They are also mentioned 
by J. Bauhin thus : “ Celeberrimum hoc point genus est tctius Europce, sic dicta , quod ex curto ad 
modum pendeant pediculol ’ 
This fruit is well represented by Lindley, Plate 66, and there is also a good figure of it in 
Ronalds’ Plate xii., fig. i. 
Description. Fruit : medium-sized, oblate, regularly and handsomely shaped. Skin : bright 
green at first on the shaded side, but changing as it ripens to clear yellow, marked with traces of 
russet and russety dots ; but entirely covered with rich deep red next the sun. Stalk : short and 
deeply inserted. Eye : large and open, with short segments reflexed at the tips, set in a wide and 
rather deep basin. Flesh : yellow, firm, crisp, very juicy, and richly flavoured. 
This is a dessert apple of the very first quality, and should take its place in every garden. Its 
season lasts from December to May ; and during all this time it is as ornamental on the table as it is 
good on the plate at dessert. It is one of the very best late keeping varieties. It resembles 
Fearns Pippin , but is more regular in shape, has yellow flesh and a higher flavour. 
The tree is small of growth, very hardy and bears regularly and abundantly. It blossoms 
very late in the spring, and is thus less liable to be injured by frost; and hence it has derived 
its name of Wise Apple. Grafted on the Paradise stock it makes an excellent espalier or pyramid, 
which may be kept as small as a gooseberry bush. The tree is very fruitful, and thus this excellent 
variety is admirably adapted for the smallest garden. On the crab stocks, as an orchard tree, it is 
equally productive, and is certainly one of the most valuable varieties for the market. 
