CIDER APPLES. 



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CARRION APPLE. 



[Syn : Kempley Red^ 



This variety takes its name, in the Pyon district of Hereford- 

 shire, from the fact of one of the oldest trees being used to hang 

 the dog's meat on. It has been exhibited in the Hereford Apple 

 Shows, under the name of Kempley Red. 



Description. — Fruit : small, oblong, and regular in shape. 

 Skin : with a yellowish green coloured ground in the shade, but 

 the whole surface is nearly covered with crimson, which becomes 

 very dark, on the side next the sun, with splashes of a deeper shade 

 all over the fruit. Eye : small and closed, level with the surface. 

 Stalk : long and slender, inserted in a very small and narrow cavity. 

 Flesh : yellow, pink tinted near the skin. Juice : small in quantity, 

 of full amber colour, viscid, sweet, with some astringency. 



The chemical analysis of the juice of the Carrion Apple 

 (season 1883), by Mr. G. H. With, F.R.A.S., F.C.S., Trinity 

 College, Dublin, gave the following results : — 



Density of fresh juice ... ... i'o5o 



Ditto after 24 hours' exposure to air ... i"o5o 

 100 parts of juice by weight, yielded of 



Sugar ... ... ... ... 1 2 -800 



Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c, ... ... 1*500 



Water ... ... ... ... 85700 



The tree grows to a medium size, and is very prolific. 



