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CIDER APPLES. 



WHITE STYRE. 



An old variety, widely scattered throughout Herefordshire and 

 Worcestershire, but it is without any known history. 



Description. — Fruit : about middle size, round, but obtusely 

 ribbed. Skin : of a uniform lemon colour, with patches and lines 

 of russet over the surface, especially on the side next the sun, and 

 in the stalk cavity; the surface generally is strewed with small russet 

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

 depression ; tube, short funnel shaped ; stamens, median. Stalk : 

 slender, half an inch long, set in a deep russety cavity. Flesh : 

 yellowish, soft and tender. Juice : plentiful, moderately sweet, and 

 with a delicate sub-acid flavour. Cells of the core, open. 



The chemical analysis of the juice of the White Sty re (season 

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

 Dublin, gave the following results : — 



Density of fresh juice ... ... i"o33 



Ditto after 24 hours' exposure to air ... i'o36 

 100 parts of juice by weight, yielded of 



Sugar ... ... ... ... 9'ioo 



Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. ... ... 3 '5 00 



Water ... ... ... ... 87*400 



