Plate VIII. 
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7. WHITE MUST. 
[Syn : White Mush. \ 
This Apple is a very old variety. It is mentioned by Evelyn as “A great bearer, and 
its cider early ripe,”—and Philips says of it:— 
“ But how with equal Numbers shall we match 
The Musk's surpassing Worth ! that earliest gives 
Sure hopes of racy Wine, and in its Youth, 
Its tender Nonage, loads the spreading Boughs 
With large and juicy Offspring, that defies 
The Vernal Nippings, and cold Syderal Blasts ! ” 
Description. —Fruit, roundish or oblate ; even and regular in its outline. Skin, smooth and 
shining, of an uniform pale straw colour, which is a little deeper where it is more exposed to the 
light. Eye, small and open, set in a narrow and rather deep basin, which is round and smooth ; 
segments, divergent; tube, short conical; stamens, basal. Stalk, short, and almost entirely within 
the cavity, and from which issues a ramifying patch of rough scaly brown russet, extending over 
the base. Flesh, yellowish, very tender, juicy, and pleasantly subacid. Cells of the core, closed ; 
cell-walls, obovate. This is a pretty apple, and, after being gathered, its skin becomes quite 
unctuous, and it gives off a powerful ethereal odour. 
Mr. With’s analysis, season 1878, gives these results :— 
Density of fresh juice ... 
••• ••• 
1-037 
Ditto after 24 hours’ exposure 
to air 
1-040 
100 parts of weight of juice contained : 
Sugar ••• ••• 
8-030 
Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. 
• * • ••• • • • 
3 ' 58 o 
Water 
••• ••• 
88-390 
The White Must apple still retains its useful qualities, and is largely grown in all the cider 
counties of England. It produces a deep-coloured, sweet, and pleasant cider ; but it has no 
great strength, and will not keep long. 
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