l66 CIDER APPLES. 



Description. — Fruit : small, conical, bluntly angular, and 

 irregular in its outline. Skin : smooth and shining, greenish yellow- 

 on the shaded side, and with a red cheek wherever exposed to the 

 sun. Eye : closed, with connivent segments, set in a rather deep, 

 narrow and plaited basin ; tube, conical, sometimes inclining to 

 funnel shape ; stamens, median. Stalk : very short, deeply 

 embedded in the cavity, which is russety, and generally with a 

 fleshy swelling on one side of it. Flesh : soft and woolly, sweetish 

 and scarcely acid. Cells of the core, open. 



The chemical analysis of the juice of the Styre Wilding (season 

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

 Dublin, gave the following results : — 



This tree blossoms the end of May and ripens its fruit late. 

 It is highly esteemed in some districts of the county, and is thought 

 to give strength and flavour to the mixed fruit. With Skyrme^s 

 Kernel and the Redstreak it makes a very strong cider. 



The tree is very hardy and bears profusely, so the crop is 

 usually very heavy though the fruit is so small. The apples often 

 hang on the trees like ropes of onions. It is a sure bearer every 

 other year, and the fruit keeps well. 



