CIDER APPLES. I39 



into Herefordshire. The origin of the name of Pym Square is not 

 known. It is peculiar, and since there does not seem to be any 

 Devonshire apple of that name, it is retained. 



Descriptiofi. — Fruit : rather over medium size, round, inclining 

 to oblate, even and regular in its outhne. Skin : smooth and 

 shining, entirely covered with bright crimson, which is rather paler 

 on the shaded side, and slightly mottled with yellow where the 

 ground colour is visible. Eye : small and closed, with flat segments, 

 and surrounded with small bosses, or knobs on the margin of the 

 depression. Tube, funnel shaped ; stamens, marginal. Stalk : 

 sometimes a mere knob, on the rounded base of the fruit ; at 

 others half an inch long, slender, and inserted in a deep narrow 

 cavity. Flesh : yellowish, tinged with red under the skin, very 

 tender and juicy, briskly and well flavoured. Cells of the core, open; 

 cell walls, obovate. 



The chemical analysis of the of juice of the Pym Square 

 (season 1878), by Mr. G. H. With, F.R.A.S., F.C.S., Trinity 

 College, Dublin, gave the following results : — 



Density of fresh juice ... ... i"03i 



Ditto after 24 hours' exposure to air ... i'03S 

 100 parts of juice by weight, yielded of 



Sugar ... ... ... ... io'2i9 



Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. ... ... 2*499 



Water ... ... ... ... 87-282 



The Pym Square apple has spread from Eastnor into the 

 neighbouring orchards of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Its 

 fruit makes excellent cider, which has sometimes made the voyage 

 to India with great credit to itself The apples are brilliant in 

 colour and good in flavour, so that they will sell to advantage as 

 Table Fruit. " For culinary purposes they are excellent " says 

 Mr. Izard " and as soon as the cook finds out their virtues, they are 

 apt to prove bad keepers." 



The tree is hardy and grows strong in the wood. It blossoms 

 the beginning of May, and bears a good crop of fruit to ripen the 

 middle of October. 



