144 CIDER APPLES. 



RED ROYAL. 



A favourite apple in the Gloucestershire Orchards, without 

 known history. 



Description. — Fruit : small, roundish, inclining to oblate, and 

 sometimes to ovate, bluntly angular on the sides. Skin : almost 

 entirely covered with dark crimson, except on the shaded side, 

 where it is yellow ; the surface is sprinkled with russety dots. Eye: 

 quite closed, with convergent segments ; tube, funnel shaped ; 

 stamens, median. Stalk : short and slender, inserted in a rather 

 deep cavity. Flesh : white and tender. Juice : plentiful, pale in 

 colour, sweet, but slightly bitter, and pleasantly subacid. Cells of 

 the core, open. 



The chemical analysis of the juice of the Red Royal (season 

 1880), by Mr. G. H. With, F.R.A.S., F.C.S., Trinity College, 

 Dubhn, gave the following results : — 



Density of fresh juice ... ... i'o3S 



Ditto after 24 hours' exposure to air ... i'o37 



100 parts of juice by weight, yielded of 



Sugar ... ... ... ... 13700 



Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. ... ... '260 



Water ... ... ... ••• 86-040 



This variety is highly esteemed in Gloucestershire. It is 

 thought to make cider of the first quality, of good colour and 

 flavour, and very sweet and pleasant. The analysis does not 



