CIDER APPLES. 



CHERRY HEREFORD. 



[Syn : Cherry Norman ; Hitter ly?\ 



The history of this apple is not known. It is much grown 

 about Harden, and other places in the valley of the Lugg. 



Description. — Fruit : round, pretty regular in outline, some- 

 times a little ribbed at the sides, but very round at the base, with a 

 small and very narrow stalk cavity. Skin : clear straw yellow, with 

 a russet cheek on the sunny side, and a dash of crimson, or orange 

 red ; the russet extends in tracings to the shady side. Eye : very 

 small, and placed in a shallow depression, set round with prominent 

 plaits ; segments, convergent ; tube, conical ; stamens, marginal. 

 Flesh : soft, spongy, slightly bitter and sweet. Cells of the core, 

 slightly open ; cell-walls, roundish obovate. 



The chemical analysis of the juice of the Cherry Hereford., 

 by Mr. G. H. With, F.R.A.S., FC.S, Trinity College, Dublin, 

 gave the following results : — 



Density of fresh juice 

 Ditto after 24 hours' exposure to air 

 100 parts of juice by weight, yielded of 

 Sugar 



Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. 

 Water .... 



I "043 

 I '046 



1 2 '830 



2-073 



... 85-097 



The Cherry Hereford is one of the best early fruits. It makes 



