CIDER APPLES. 



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TANNER'S RED. 



This apple is without any known history. It is very much 

 grown, and seems to have originated in the neighbourhood of 

 Canon Pyon. 



Description. — Fruit: below medium size, oblong. Skin: more 

 or less red on the whole surface, but much more deeply so on the 

 side next the sun, and everywhere marked with thin stripes of a 

 deeper colour. Eye : closed, set in a small and very puckered 

 basin. Stalk : slender, half an inch long, and set in a narrow 

 cavity, which is usually lined with russet. Juice : plentiful, rosy 

 amber, subacid, with some astringency. 



The chemical analysis of the juice of the Tanner's J^ed (season 

 1883), by Mr. G. H. With, F.R.A.S., F.C.S., Trinity College, 

 Dublin, gave the following results : — 



Density of fresh juice ... ... i*o6o 



Ditto after 24 hours' exposure to air ... i"o6o 

 100 parts of juice by weight, yielded of 



Sugar ... ... ... ... 11-424 



Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. ... ... 2 •176 



Water ... ... ... ... 86-400 



The tree is hardy, and bears an abundance of late-keeping fruit. 



