An American variety of eating apple dating from some time before 1858. There is another apple of the same name which was raised in South Africa in 1962 and is a mainly green eating apple with red blush. This late-season variety is harvested from mid-October and is at is best from December to March.
A tomato first cultivated in 1925. This is a white tomato which produces medium-sized fruits and which has a sweet flavour.
A name in the United States for an American hake with a range from southern Newfoundland down to North Carolina traditionally landed at Gloucester in Massachusetts. It is often called "whiting" for market.
Hake. It is very confusing that the name whiting is usedin the US to describe what the English call hake.
The whiting is a member of the cod family with flaky, firm sweet flesh. It is used to be called marling or merling.
Barley from which only the outer husk has been removed. The most nutritious form in which barley is found.
Wholemeal refers to wholegrains that have been milled to a finer texture rather than leaving the grain intact become wholemeal. Wholemeal contains all the components of the grain, therefore wholemeal foods are also wholegrain. Wholemeal bread and rye bread are typical examples of products made with wholemeal.)
Wholemeal flour (US: whole wheat or Graham flour) contains 80-90% of the dehusked grain. Part of the bran is removed but the wheat germ is retained.
Different berries, including wild cranberry, the small blue-black fruit of a plant similar to the American blueberry but found commonly in northern Europe. These have more flavour than blueberries and are smaller, but are otherwise very similar, with the same silvery bloom. They are good for pies and jams (US: jellies). They are known by many names including bilberry, blaeberry, whinberry and whortleberry.
