22 





Water. 



Organic 

 matter. 



Inorganic 1 

 matter. 



Inorganic 

 matter in 

 dry plant. 



Apple . . . . blossoms 



8424 



1478 



98 



627 



Dutch Mignonne, small 











unripe 



8972 



978 



50 



487 



— — ' Do. . . . . ripe 



8559 



1420 



21 



151 



Court of Wick^ small 











unripe 



8839 



1114 



47 



411 



Do. . , . . ripe 



8525 



1438 



37 



252 



Nonpareil . . ripe 



8012 



1961 



27 



140 



Ribston Pippin . . ripe 



7905 



2051 



44 



214 



Golden Pippin^ seedling 



8024 



1929 



47 



241 



■ Wellington ripe 



8376 



1595 



29 



184 



— — Blenheim Pippin ripe 



8486 



1491 



23 



157 



Golden Harvey . . ripe 



7825 



2140 



35 



162 



— — Golden Reinette ripe 



8399 



1578 



23 



146 



Canada Reinette ripe 



8489 



1481 



30 



198 



{Trans. Hort. Soc. iii. 62, N.S.) 



The ashes of the wood of the apple-tree have been 

 analysed by MM. Fresenius and Will, and they found 

 them to be thus constituted : — • 



Potash .... 



. 13.67 



Soda ..... 



. 0.32 



Chloride of sodium (common salt) 



. 0.32 



Lime ..... 



. 45.19 



Magnes^ia .... 



. 5.30 



Phosphate of iron 



. 1.71 



Silica ..... 



. 0.93 



Sulphuric acid 



. 0.66 



Phosphoric acid . 



, 2.95 



Carbonic acid . . 



. 24.18 



Carbon and sand . 



. 2.03 



Loss . . . . 



. 2.74 





100.00 



