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JOUENAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



II. — Apple Slices. 



Name 



Fresh Weight Dry Weight 



Cellini .... 

 Bramley's Seedling 

 (a) Lane's Prince Albert 

 (a) New Hawthornden - i 

 (a) Ringer 

 Lord SutBeld 

 (a) Ecklinville 

 Lord Grosvenor 



(a) small fruit. 



Cellini . 



'(b) New Hawthornden . 

 (6) Lane's Prince Albert 

 (b) Greenup's Pippin . 

 (6) very small fruit 



Williams' Bon Chretien 

 Beurr6 d'Amanlis . 



Sliced Runner Beans 

 Neal's Ne Plus Ultra . 



j» )i »> ?) 

 Cauliflower 

 4 Autumn Giant . 



Potatos (sliced) 

 Sharpe's Victor 



„ Ringleader 



Marjoram 

 Mint 

 Savory . 

 Thyme . 

 Sage 

 Parsley . 



lb. 

 10 

 7 



10 

 14 

 24 

 12 



28 

 9 



Temperature 

 average 



lb. oz. 

 13 

 12 

 12 

 1 2 



III. — Whole Apples. 



8 

 10 

 10 

 12 



1 12 



2 8 

 2 4 

 4 0 



IV.— Peaes. 



20 

 10 



3 10 

 2 0 



V. — Vegetables. 



20 

 10 



10 

 10 



1 10 

 0 14 



2 0 

 2 6 



VI. — Herbs. 



(leg. 

 150-200 

 180-210 

 180-210 

 180-200 

 180-220 

 200-210 

 200-210 

 200-210 



180-200 

 180-200 

 180-200 

 230-250 



200-240 

 200-240 



130-140 

 200-240 



200-220 



220-240 

 220-240 



130-140 

 130-140 

 130-140 

 130-140 

 130-140 

 130-140 



Average time in 

 Drying 



bours 



6 

 5 

 5 

 4 



H 



4 

 4 



18 

 12 

 12 

 7 



9 

 9 



^ 



45 min. 

 50 „ 

 55 „ 

 60 „ 

 75 „ 

 90 „ 



Since he exhibited at the Drill Hall, Mr. Udale has made a most 

 valuable Official Report to his County Council, who have kindly allowed 

 us to reprint it at the end of this summary : 



Report on Experiments in Fruit and Vegetable Drying at the 

 Experimental Garden, Droitwich, 1901. 



To the Chairman of the Agricultural Sub-Committee of the 

 Worcestershire County Council. 



Sir, — 



In accordance with instructions received from your Committee, 

 I have, dm'ing the months of September and October of the current year, 

 carried out certain experiments in drying Fruit, Vegetables, and Herbs, 

 by means of a Number 0 (Dr. Ryder's Patent) Invicta Evaporator, 



