British Pomology / Or, the History, Description, Classification, and Synonymes, of the Fruits and Fruit Trees of Great Britain

by Robert Hogg

A small cider apple, of first-rate quality; it is of a roundish-shape; and pale yellow color.—[H. S. C.] n. 801.

919. WHITE WINE.

A Scotch apple; the tree a good bearer.—[M. C. H. S.] iv. 473.

920. WICKHAM’S DEUX ANS.

A medium sized dessert apple, of second-rate quality; the shape is roundish; the skin greenish-yellow, on the shaded side, and red towards the sun; it is in use from January till May.—[H. S. C.] p. 12.

921. WILLIAM.

A medium sized apple of second-rate quality as a dessert apple, and suitable also for cider; the shape is oblate; skin, yellow; in use from November till January.—[H. S. C.] p. 45.

922. WILLIAMS’S FAVORITE.

A large and handsome dessert apple, worthy of a place in every garden. It originated at Roxbury, near Boston, U.S., bears abundantly, and ripens from the last of July to the first of September.