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The results of the analj'sis were as follows : 



HUBBARDSTONS. 



Water 88,57 



Albuminoids, pectose gum, and sugar 11.27 



Ash O.IG 



100.00 



TALMAN'S SWEETS. 



Water 83.29 



Albuminoids, sugar, pectose gum, etc 1G.54 



Ash 0.17 



100.00 



The unripe Baldwins gave 87 per cent water, with a less amount 

 of albuminoids and sugar than the others, and considerable free 

 hj'drated malic acid. The sugar varied from about 5 per cent in 

 the Baldwins to 9 per cent in the Sweets. The total insoluble 

 matters, including skin, seeds, pectine, ash, etc., averaged about 

 3.25 per cent. 



These results show how largeh- preponderating in ap[)les is the 

 water, which in amount is about 85 per cent of their weight. 

 Therefore, a tree bearing 30 bushels (46 pounds to the bushel), 

 holds up in the fruit about half a ton of water. The nutritive value 

 of apples, is, of course, not in the water, but in the solids, — allnimi- 

 noids, sugar and gum. In a bushel of Hubbardstons, there is 

 about six pounds of soluble nutritive material at the period of 

 ripening ; in Talman's Sweets, about seven pounds ; in Baldwins, 

 five pounds ; and this material will vary to a considerable extent in 

 value. Sugar is a carbonaceous substance, and nutritive in a cer- 

 tain direction. It is mainly useful as fuel, and b}- oxidation serA-es 

 to maintain animal warmth. The albuminoids are nitrogenous and 

 therefore are foods pro[)er ; the gum is also a food. 



The albuminoids are seldom found above half of one per cent in 

 an}- varieties, and this would give us less than four ounces in the 

 bushel ; of sugar, we find in a bushel about two and a half pounds 

 in acid fruits, and considerably more in sweet. 



The anahsis of apples as presented, shows that the amount of 

 nutriment, or absolute food they contain, in proportion to bulk, is 

 small. This research extended over considerable ground, much of 



