Fruit, small, nearly two inches wide, and one inch and a quarter high; oblate, much resembling the Api in shape. Skin, pale greenish-yellow, considerably marked with russet, particularly round the eye; and covered with fine clear red, which is mottled with deeper red, on the side next the sun. Eye, small and closed, set in a shallow basin. Stalk, very short, inserted in a small, shallow cavity. Flesh, yellowish-white, crisp, tender, sweet, and delicately perfumed.
A pretty little dessert apple, but not of first-rate quality; it is in use from November to February.
This, as well as the preceding, was raised by James Wheeler, of Gloucester. The original tree is still existing in the nursery of his grandson, to whom I am much indebted for several pomological favors. The name of “Extreme,” is supposed to have been applied to this variety, from the circumstance of producing its fruit on the extremities of the last year’s shoots.
379. WHITE ASTRACHAN.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 18. [Lind. Guide], 7. Down. Fr. Amer, 78.
- Synonymes.—Pyrus Astracanica, [Dec. Prod.] ii. 635. Pomme d’Astrachan, [Schab. Prat.] ii. 90. Pomme de Glace, [Duh. Arb. Fruit], i. 307. Transparent Apple, [Mill. Dict.] [Fors. Treat.] 128. Russian Transparent, [Ron. Pyr. Mal.] 75. Russian Ice Apple, [Will. Dom. Encyc.] iv. p. 179. Muscovite Transparent Apple, [West. Bot.] iv. 141. Glace de Zélande, [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 1. 366. Astracanischer Sommerapfel, [Diel. Kernobst], vi.77.
- Figures.—[Pom. Mag.] t. 96. [Ron. Pyr. Mal.] pl. i. f. 8, & pl. xxxviii. f. 3.
Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half wide, and nearly the same in height; roundish-ovate, or rather conical, flattened at the base, with obtuse angles on the sides, which extend and become more prominent and rib-like round the eye. Skin, smooth, pale yellow, with a few faint streaks of red next the sun, and covered with a delicate white bloom. Eye, closed, set in a narrow and plaited basin. Stalk, thick and short, inserted in a small and very shallow cavity. Flesh, pure white, semi-transparent, with somewhat gelatinous-like blotches, tender, juicy, with a pleasant and refreshing flavor.
A dessert apple but not of first-rate quality; ripe in August, and the early part of September.
The tree is a strong and vigorous grower, and an excellent bearer.
The Transparent Apple of Rogers, and the Muscovy Apple of Mortimer, cannot be identical with this variety, for they are described by both as winter apples; may they not be the Russischer Glasapfel, or Astracanischer Winterapfel of Diel?