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as a cider fruit also, has been selected for special presentation. Fox- 

 whelp is the oldest, historically, of famou.>< EnoHsh cidm- apples, and 

 King-ston Black is a very prominent recent variety. The other.>^ rep- 

 resent the English-grown bitter-sweet apples, and a number of them 

 are given because of their present prominence. However, no variety 

 known to be of recent French introduction IsuscmI in the table, though 

 several of these recent introductions are now becj-innincf to ti^'ure in 

 the English cider factories. 



The chem-ical data are taken wholly from Mr. F. J. Lloyd's analj'ses, 

 published in the reports of the Bath and West Society. The writer 

 has compiled from his data analyses covering as manj- years as c(ndd 

 be obtained for each of those varieties selected to represent English 

 cider fruit. 



T.\BLE \l. — Analyses of English cider apples by Mr. F. J. Lloyd. 



Variety. 



Blenheim Orange. 



Average 



Average . . 



Foxwhelp 



Kingston Black. 



Average . . 

 New Cadburv . . . 



Average 

 Red Jersey 



Average 



Year. 



1897 

 1898 



Broadleaf 1.S97 



189S 



Average . . 

 Cherry Xorman. 

 Chisel Jersey 



Specific 

 gravity. 



1897 

 1898 

 1899 



1895 



1897 

 1898 

 1899 



1897 

 1898 

 1899 



1897 

 1898 

 1899 



White Jersey 1896 



1897 



1898 



Average 



Butleigh No. 14 1897 



1898 

 1899 



Average 



General average . 



1.0683 

 1.0674 



1. 0678 



Grams per 100 cc. 



Total I Total i Fruit 

 solids. I susrars. sugars. 



16. 64 

 15. 6G 



14.35 

 14.04 



16.15 I 14.19 



10.00 

 10.64 



10. 32 



Cane 

 sugar. 



Acid, as 



I sul- Tanniu. 

 phuric.o 



4.14 

 3.24 



0. 577 

 . 424 



3.69 



1.0.578 

 1.0612 



14.22 ] 12.50 

 14.62 I 13.25 



10.64 



1.0595 I 14.42 , 12.87 



C*) 



2.51 



C*) 



1898 1.0636 1 1.5.82 1 13.26 1 11.11 2.05 



1.0542 

 1. 0682 

 1.0611 



13. .50 



17.06 

 15. 68 



12. 90 

 15.96 

 14.84 



11.11 



14.08 

 11.90 



1.71 

 1.79 

 2.80 



1. 0581 

 1.0-519 

 1. 0642 



..500 



.172 

 .234 



.203 



.277 



a Calculated at Blacksburg, Va. 



&0nly total sugars given. 



0.140 



.078 



.109 



.300 

 .302 



.301 



.310 



.226 I .2t^ 

 .226 .370 



.234 .174 



AGO .1.50 



.UK) .210 



.307 , .114 



