PLATE XLV. 
5. WILDING BITTER-SWEET. 
A Wilding that has made its way by its own merit ; a variety without any definite history. 
Description. —Fruit : roundish ovate, often conical and ribbed, exactly of the shape and very 
similar to the Keswick Codlin. Skin : pale yellow, tinged with green, strewed with russet dots, 
which have sometimes a greenish tinge surrounding them. Eye : small and closed, with converging 
segments and set in a narrow, ribbed basin. Stalk : short, inserted obliquely by the side of a 
prominent lip, in a narrow shallow cavity. Flesh : white and tender. Juice : moderate in quantity, 
of a deep amber colour and of a vapid bitter-sweet flavour. 
The chemical analysis (season 1881) by Mr. With gave the following results :— 
Density of fresh juice ... ... ... ... 1*038 
Ditto ditto after 24 hours’ exposure to air ... ... 1*040 
And one hundred parts of the juice by weight yielded of— 
Sugar ... ... ... ... ... 10*420 
Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. ... ... ... 1*580 
Water .., ... ... ... ... 88*ooo 
The Wilding Bitter-sweet makes a high coloured sweet cider, and is now being propagated 
to some extent in the valley of the Frome. 
The tree is hardy, grows freely, and bears well. 
