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636. Percentage of water and dry matter in the Tolman 

 Sweeting (B;) Roxbury Russet (C;) Kilham Hill (D ;) Eng 

 lish Russet (E ;) Rhode Island Greening (F.) 



B. C. D. E. F. 



Percentage of wnter, - - 81.52 81.35 86.31 79.21 82.85 



&quot; of dry matter, 18.48 18.65 13.69 20.79 17.15 



Mean of the six analyses, per ceutage of wacer, - - 82.664 



637. Inorganic analysis of the above, excepting the Tolman s 

 Sweeting; and including the Swaar (A;) without carbonic 

 acid: 



Silica, 



Phosphate of iron, 



Phosphoric acid, 



Lime, 



Magnesia, 



Potash, 



Soda, 



Chlorine, 



Sulphuric acid, - 



Organic matter, 



1000 Ibs. of fresh apples contain about 827 Ibs. water ; 170.4 Ibs. or 

 ganic matter ; and 2.6 Ibs. of ash. 1000 Ibs. of dry apples contain 17 

 t&amp;gt; 18 Ibs. of ash. 



638. Proximate organic analysis of 1000 parts of fresh 

 Tolman s Sweeting; (B) Rhode Island Greening; (F,) and 

 Mean of the analyses of the six foregoing varieties (G.) 



Cellular fibre, 



Glutenous matter with a little wax and fat, 



Dextrine, - . . 



Sugar and extract, * 



Malic acid, 



Albumen, 



Casein, 



Dry matter, - 



Water, 



Loss, 



