Plate XI. 
4. WHITE NORMAN. 
The origin of this apple is unknown. It seems to correspond with the celebrated old 
Normandy variety, Blanc-Mollet , so much grown all through the orchards of the North-West of 
France. It is there also called Ponline de Neige, La Blanche , and various other local names in 
different districts. It has been described for nearly a century past (see French “ Report'd p. 147). 
Description .■—Fruit, small, roundish, and with obtuse angles on the sides, which are sometimes 
pretty prominent. Skin, perfectly white, or rather a very pale straw colour, clear and waxen-like, 
and with only a few large russet dots, distantly sprinkled over the surface ; the hollow of the stalk 
is lined with russet, which extends in ramifications a little way over the base. Eye, very small, with 
small convergent segments, set in a deep basin, which is plaited or slightly ribbed; tube, deep, 
conical; stamens, marginal. Stalk, long, and very slender, deeply inserted. Flesh, snow white, 
soft, and spongy, with a marked astringency or bitterness mixed with sweetness. Cells of the core, 
open, and very large for the size of the fruit; cell-walls, elliptical. 
The tree is of middle size, vigorous and fertile. It is very generally cultivated. The fruit 
is early, soft and juicy ; its juice being rather dark in colour, with a rich and rather bitter 
flavour. 
Chemical analysis by Mr. G. H. With, F.R.A.S. :— 
Density of fresh juice ... 
Density after 24 hours ... 
In 100 parts by weight of juice : 
Sugar 
Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. 
Water 
1*040 
1*042 
10*770 
3*633 
85*597 
