122 CIDER APPLES. 



improved qualities to either of these varieties. It was introduced 

 into Herefordshire, in 1884, by the Woolhope Naturalists' Field 

 Club. 



Description. — Fruit : very small, flattened at the base, but 

 contracting rapidly towards the eye. Skin : with a pale yellow 

 ground, almost entirely covered with red carmine, and frequently 

 with many fine white spots on the surface. Eye : small and closed, 

 set in a narrow cavity with sulcated borders. Stalk : variable, 

 generally very short, and set obliquely in a small and shallow cavity. 

 Flesh : yellowish white, and firm. Juice : sweet, slightly bitter, 

 but with good perfume and flavour. 



"This valuable variety," says Monsieur Hauchecorne, "possesses 

 the highest merit of the Frequi7i tribe. It contains all the elements 

 for making a strong, pleasant, and healthy cider." The juice has a 

 very high colour, and a density of I'oyg. One thousand parts 

 contain of alcoholic sugar xSo; tannin 5*509; mucilage 12; 

 acidity i'32o; salts, &c., ii'iyi ; and water 790. 



GARTER APPLE. 



This variety is spoken of by Mr. Thomas Andrew Knight, at 

 the beginning of the century, as a comparatively new apple " much 



