382. WHITE WESTLING.—H.
Fruit, rather below medium size, two inches and a half broad at the middle, and two inches and a half high; roundish, inclining to oval, towards the eye; angular on the sides, and ribbed round the apex. Skin, yellow, tinged with green, and strewed with redish-brown dots on the shaded side; but deep yellow, with large dark-crimson spots, on the side next the sun, and covered with russet over the base. Eye, small and closed, set in a narrow and angular basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, very slender, inserted in a deep, narrow, and russety cavity. Flesh, white, tender, sweet, and briskly flavored.
An apple of hardly second-rate quality, grown about the north-eastern parts of Sussex; it is in use from October to Christmas.
383. WHITE WINE.—H.
Fruit, about medium size, two inches and a half broad in the middle, and two inches and a half high; narrowing towards the apex, conical, slightly angular on the sides, and ribbed round the eye. Skin, greenish-yellow, strewed with russety dots on the shaded side; but deep yellow, reticulated with fine russet, and dotted with small russety specks on the side exposed to the sun, and with a ray of fine lilac-purple on the base encircling the stalk. Eye, open, with long acute segments, set in a deep and ribbed basin. Stalk, five-eights of an inch long, downy, thick and fleshy, inserted in a round cavity, which is lined with delicate russet. Flesh, white, firm, crisp, and pleasantly acid.
A culinary apple much grown in the Tweedside orchards, where it is known by the name of the Wine Apple; it is in use from October to Christmas.
384. WHITMORE PIPPIN.—Forsyth.
- Identification.—[Fors. Treat.] 129. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 861. [Lind. Guide], 84.
Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a quarter wide at the base, and the same in height, but narrowing towards the apex; conical, and obtusely angled on the sides. Skin, pale greenish-yellow in the shade; but with a beautiful red cheek next the sun, and very sparingly strewed with a few minute dots. Eye, closed, set in a narrow and shallow basin. Stalk, about half-an-inch long, inserted in a wide, round, and even cavity. Flesh, white, tinged with green, tender, juicy, sub-acid, and slightly sweet.