[f. WHITE a. + the surname of Sir William Sidney Smith (1764–1840).] A variety of gooseberry with white fruit.
1860. R. Hogg, Fruit Man., 89. Whitesmith (Woodward’s). … Skin white, and downy.
1900. Daily Express, 24 July, 5/6. The coster … at Covent Garden exchanging his sixpences for 28lb baskets of ‘White-smiths’ or common reds according to the prevailing taste of his ‘walk.’
