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Green Colouration in Apples. 



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The attention of the Board was recently drawn to a peculiar 



green colouration which appeared in some apples grown in 



Suffolk. The varieties were Lane's Prince 



. Green ■ Albert and Alfriston, taken from trees six 

 Colouration in , ■ , r . 



Apples. years old, but fruit grown on neighbouring 



trees did not show the peculiarity in ques- 

 tion. It appears that the green colouration of the flesh is not 

 the result of a disease, but the outcome of a tendency to depart 



from the typical condition of the fruit under certain unknown 

 conditions. Professor Mayr, of Munich, states that a similar 

 condition of things is not uncommon in Germany, and the fruit 

 thus altered is known as "clear apples." The appearance is 

 similar to that produced by freezing. Professor Mayr states 

 that in Russia this tendency to variation of the fruit is en- 

 couraged, and when the entire fruit becomes so changed its 

 flavour is much improved. 



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