PLATE XXVil. 
3. WHORLE PIPPIN. 
[Syn : Lady Derby ; Thorle Pippin; Summer Thorle; Watsons New Nonsuch d\ 
The origin of this Apple is not given in any of the leading works of authority. Its name 
has been supposed to be derived from its resemblance to the “ Whorle,” which was the propelling 
power, or rather impetus of the spindle, when the distaff and spindle were so much in use. 
Description .—Fruit : below medium size, two inches and a quarter wide at the middle, and 
an inch and three quarters high ; oblate, handsome and regularly formed. Skin : smooth, shining 
and glossy, almost entirely covered with fine bright crimson, which is marked with broken streaks of 
darker crimson, but on any portion shaded, it is a fine clear yellow, a little streaked with pale 
crimson. Eye : scarcely at all depressed, large, half open, with broad and flat segments, which 
frequently appear as if rent from each other by an over swelling of the fruit; set in a very shallow 
basin, which is often very russety, deeply and coarsely cracked. Stalk : a quarter of an inch 
long, inserted in a wide cavity. Flesh : yellowish white, firm, crisp, and very juicy ; with a brisk, 
refreshing and pleasant flavour. 
A beautiful little summer dessert apple of excellent quality. It is ripe in August, and when 
the tree is loaded with fruit, as it usually is, it presents a very beautiful object. 
The tree grows freely and makes an excellent pyramid. In Scotland and the North and 
East of England, it is to be met with in almost every garden and orchard, but in the South and 
West it is but little known. 
