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CIDER APPLES. 



Description. — Fruit : small, broad at the base, often larger on 

 one side. Skin : pale yellowish green, with a clear red cheek on the 

 side next the sun ; small grey spots are scattered over the surface, 

 and sometimes brown patches. Eye : small and closed, set in a 

 shallow, irregular cavity, with grooves and small tubercles between 

 them. Stalk : strong, half an inch long, inserted in a shallow, 

 narrow cavity, which is lined with russet, which russet extends, more 

 or less, over the base of the apple. Flesh : yellowish, tender, and 

 juicy, slightly bitter in taste, but with good flavour. Juice : highly 

 coloured. 



"This new variety," says Monsieur Hauchecorne, "takes a high 

 place among fruits of the first quality, from the fertility of the tree, 

 the high colour of its juice, and its richness in sugar, tannin, and 

 aroma." The density of the juice is- 1 '084. One thousand parts 

 contain of alcoholic sugar 195; tannin 5; mucilage 10; acidity 

 I '070 ; salts, &c., I '030 ; and water 776. 



This variety was introduced from Normandy into Herefordshire, 

 by the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club in 1884, and has yet to 

 be tried in our Orchards. 



BLACK FOXWHELP. 



[Syn: MonDwnthshire Foxwhelp^ 



This apple is very widely grown throughout the county, and is to 

 be found in the majority of "apple heaps." Its definite ovate shape, 



