COMPOSITION OF FRUIT TREES 55 



The percentage composition of the fruit is 

 represented in the following table : — 



Sugar . 

 Acid 



Albuminoids 

 Pectin . 

 Ash . 

 Seeds . 

 Skins, etc, 

 Pectose 

 Moisture 



1-140 

 0-898 

 0-832 

 5-929 

 0-820 

 4-300 

 0-967 

 0-148 

 84-966 



Bilberry ( Vaccinium Myrtillus, Natural Order, 

 Vacciniacese) is a deciduous shrub, and prefers a 

 peaty soil. 



The ashes of the wood and fruit contain in 100 

 parts : — 



One ton of bilberries (whortleberries) extracts 

 13 lbs. of mineral matter from the soil. 



