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CIDER APPLES 



KNOTTED KERNEL. 



This variety seems to have taken its name from the small 

 knobs, or projections, round the eye. 



Descriptio7i. — Fruit : below medium size, round, but obscurely 

 ribbed above, and having several small projections or knobs, round 

 the eye. Skin : red throughout, getting much deeper and almost 

 purple in colour on the side next the sun, and scattered with small 

 distant specks of russet. Eye : closed, irregular in shape, slightly 

 depressed. Stalk : slender, half an inch long, and nearly concealed 

 in a deep narrow cavity lined with russet. Flesh : firm, slightly 

 coloured beneath the skin, and along the core fibres. Juice : of a 

 rich pink colour, becoming of a deep ruddy brown on standing, 

 sweet, sub-acid and slightly astringent. 



The chemical analysis of the juice of the Ktiotied Kernel 

 (season 1882), by Mr. G. H. With, F.R.A.S., F.C.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 ... 



This analysis shews that it is a valuable apple. 



