900. WALLACE WIGHT.
A variety found in the Carse of Gowrie; but rare, the fruit is of good quality, and keeps well.—[M. C. H. S.] iv. 472.
901. WARD APPLE.
This is a beautiful flat shaped apple, rather below the middle size, of a fine red towards the eye, and of a yellowish-green towards the footstalk. It is a sharp flavored fruit, and keeps till June.—[Fors. Treat.] 129.
902. WEISSE ANTILLISCHE WINTER REINETTE.
A large, beautiful, and excellent German dessert apple. It is of a calville shape; the skin is tender, of a fine lemon color when at maturity, and with a slight blush of red on one side; the flesh is yellowish, fine, firm, and juicy, with a rich, sugary, and vinous flavor. It ripens in December, and keeps till March.—Diel.
903. WEISSE ITALIANISCHE ROSMARINAPFEL.
An Italian dessert apple, much cultivated in Southern Germany. It is pearmain shaped; the skin is smooth, shining, and of a fine waxen yellow color, with pale red, and a few stripes on one side; the flesh is white, tender, and juicy, and of a rich, sugary, and vinous flavor. It ripens in December.—Diel.
904. WEISSE WACKS REINETTE.
- Synonymes.—Weisse Sommer Reinette; Reinette d’Eté Blanche.