10 
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OE APPLES AND CIDER. 
Table 1. — Weight and percentage of sample recovered after pulping (Blacksburg, Va., 
1903)— Continued 
AUTUMN VARIETIES. . 
1 
Variety. S *£P le 
Weight of 
original 
sample. „ 
Weight recovered after Percentage recovered and 
pulping. lost. 
Juice. Pomace. Total. Juice. ! Pomace. 
Loss. 
Baltzby 283 
Buckingham 271 
Fall Orange « 266 
Fall Pippin 272 
Fanny 259 
Maiden Blush 274 
Mother 275 
Moulin a Vent ft 268 
Plumb Cider 276 
Grams. 
1, 304. 10 
1,360.80 
1, 190. 70 
1, 474. 20 
1,569.25 
1,360.80 
1,332.45 
340. 20 
1,332.45 
1, 289. 92 
1,289.92 
1,360.80 
1, 360. 80 
Grams. 
708. 75 
793. 80 
368. 55 
737. 10 
822. 15 
694. 57 
765. 45 
212. 62 
737. 10 
467. 77 
652. 05 
680. 40 
680. 40 
Grams. \ Grams. 
567.00 1,275.75 
567.00 1,360.80 
765.45 | 1,134.00 
722.92 1,460.02 
708.75 1,530.90 
623.70 : 1,318.27 
567.00 1,332.45 
127.57 1 340.19 
595.35 i 1.332.45 
793.80 1,261.57 
637.87 1,289.92 
623.70 ' 1,304.10 
652.05 1,332.45 
Per cent. Per cent. 
54.34 | 43.47 
58.33 ! 41.67 
30.95 ; 64.28 
50.00 1 49.38 
52.72 45.45 
51.04 45.83 
57.45 42.55 
62.50 37.50 
55.32 1 44.68 
36.26 1 61.53 
50.54 j 49.46 
.50.00 i 45.83 
50.00 | 47.91 
Per cent. 
2.19 
.00 
4.77 
.62 
1.83 
3.13 
.00 
.00 
.00 
Porter a 267 
Smith Cider 288 
2.21 
.00 
Tolman Siceet 281 
Wealthy 278 
4.17 
2.09' 
50. 72 
53.92 
47.66 
43.95 
1.62 
Average omit- 
ting Nos. 266 
and 267 
2. 13 
WINTER VARIETIES. 
Albemarle Pippin o. 
Arkansas 
Baldwin 
Belle de Boskoop . 
Cannon 
Gano 
Grimes Golden 
Jonathan 
Lankford 
Lawver 
Limbertwig 
Peck 
Ralls Genet 
Roxbury Russet . . . 
Smokehouse 
Via 
Winesap 
Yellow Bellflower. 
Yellow Newtown c 
284 
298 
269 
, 360. 80 
, 247. 40 
,445.85 
270 | 1,502.55 
360.80 
360. 80 
474. 20 
360. 80 
, 360. 80 
3.80 
296 
295 
273 
294 
300 
292 ; l,i 
293 
291 
290 
289 
277 
301 
297 
279 
285 
474. 20 
389. 15 
530. 90 
559. 25 
360. 80 
360. 80 
360. 80 
360. so 
Average. 
737. 10 
623. 70 
793. 80 
822. 15 
793. 80 
595. 35 
666. 22 
623. 70 
807. 97 
737. 10 
680. 40 
793. 80 
595. 35 
680. 40 
850. 50 
680. 40 
793. 80 
850. 50 
737. 10 
567. 00 
623. 70 
652. 05 
623. 70 
567. 00 
737. 10 
779. 62 
708. 75 
552. 83 
623. 70 
680. 40 
680. 40 
510. 30 
822. 15 
708. 75 
652. 05 
538. 65 
510. 30 
595. 35 
1,304.10 
1,247.40 
1,445.85 
1, 445. 85 
1,360.80 
1,332.45 
1, 445. 84 
1, 332. 45 
1,360.80 
1, 360. 80 
1,360.80 
1,474.20 
1, 105. 65 
1,502.55 
1, 559. 25 
1, 332. 45 
1, 332. 45 
1,360.80 
1.332.45 
54.16 
41.66 
50. 00 
50.00 
54.90 
45. 10 
54.71 
41.50 
58.33 
41.67 
43.75 
54.16 
45.19 
52.88 
45.83 
52.08 
59.37 
40.63 
54. 16 
45.84 
50.00 
50.00 
53. 85 
46.15 
42.85 
36.73 
44.44 
53.70 
54.55 
45. 45 
50.00 
47.91 
58. 33 
39. 58 
62. 50 
37. 50 
54. 16 
43. 75 
52. 16 
45.59 
4.18- 
.00 
.00' 
3.70 
.00 
2.09 
1.93 
2.09 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
20. 42 
1.80 
.00 
2. 00 
•J. 09 
.00 
CRAB APPLES. 
287 
280 
264 
261 
286 
262 
260 
1, 360. 80 
1, 360. 80 
1,360.80 
1,559.25 
1,360.80 
1,615.95 
1,814.40 
737. 10 
822. 15 
907. 20 
793. 80 
7(15. 15 
963. 90 
963. 90 
623. 70 
1,360.80 
54.16 
60. 42 
66.67 
50.91 
56. 25 
59. 64 
53.12 
45.84 
39. 58 
33.33 
49.09 
39.58 
40.36 
42.18 
o.oo 
Maiden Blush 
538. 65 
453. 60 
765. 45 
538. 65 
652. 05 
765. 45 
1,360.80 
1,360.80 
1,559.25 
1,304.10 
1,615.95 
1 . 739. 35 
.00 
.Oft 
.00 
4.17 
Transcendent 
Whitney 
.00 
1.70 

57. 31 
41. 42 
1.27 
1 
a Samples overmature when pulped. 
ft A French cider apple fruited from graft on Chemu.go. 
"See footnote on page 15. 
JUICE AND POMACE. 
The average water content of the whole apples varies from 80 to 
about 86 per cent of their total weight, and the dry matter from about 
14 to 20 per cent. Thes<> data were determined for several varieties 
of apples in this investigation and are given in Table VI. Every- 
one who has ground apples on grater or crushing machines and 
expressed the juice for cider with the ordinary hand press knows that 
these machines do not extract much over half the juice originally con- 
