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aromatic flavour. It is moderately sweet, and pleasantly acid, 

 with a strong astringent after-taste. 



The chemical analysis of the juice of the Kingston Black 

 (season 1881), by Mr. G. H. With, F.R.A.S., F.C.S., Trinity 

 College, Dublin, gave the following results : — 



Density of fresh juice ... ... 1*052 



Ditto after 24 hours' exposure to air ... i"o55 

 100 parts of juice by weight, yielded of 



Sugar ... ... ... ... io'o28 



Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c., ... ... 6792 



Water ... ... ... ... 83-i8o 



This valuable apple was introduced into Herefordshire by the 

 late Mr. Palmer, who owned and occupied the estate at BoUitree, 

 in the parish of Weston-under-Penyard, near Ross. Mr. Thomas 

 Reynold, a nurseryman at Ross, procured the grafts for him from 

 Somersetshire (c. 1820). Mr. Palmer planted an orchard of several 

 acres with it, and so highly did he value the fruit, that he retained 

 the orchard when the rest of the estate was sold. During the last 

 30 years, the present Mr. George Palmer, of Brooms Ash, has made 

 large quantities of cider from the fruit, and has taken several first 

 prizes with it at Hereford, at Gloucester, and at the Bath and West 

 of England Agricultural Exhibition. In successful years he has 

 sold it from the cask at 3s. the gallon, and at ^i is. per dozen in 

 bottle. In all good seasons it is worth is. 6d. per gallon, or 

 jQl I OS. the hogshead, and on one occasion a cask is reported to 

 have been sold at ;£^3o, for bottling. Its general price has been 

 from 9d. to is. 6d. a gallon in cask, and 12s. per dozen in bottles. 



The tree grows to a middle size, and is spreading in character. 

 It blossoms late, about the beginning of June, but is nevertheless 

 rather a shy bearer. Its fruit is fit for gathering by the end of 

 October, but does not become mellow and fit for the mill, until the 

 first or second week in December. It is a very valuable variety, 

 and its cultivation is extending very much throughout the county. 



