PLATE LVII. 
2. YELLOW REDSTREAK. 
I his variety is named from the colour of its fruit, a pale yellow ground-colour with thin 
crimson streaks. 
Description. —Fruit: below medium size, often irregular in shape. Skin : yellow, with 
faint streaks of red on the side next the sun. Eye : small and open, set in a narrow plaited 
cavity, segments slightly converging and then reflexed; anthers projecting. Stalk: slender, 
three-quarters of an inch long, inserted in a narrow and deep cavity. Flesh : tender, sweet 
and pleasant flavoured, with some astringency. Juice : very pale in colour. 
The chemical analysis of the juice of the Yellow Redstreak (Season 1881), by Mr. G. 
H. With, gave the following results :— 
Density of fresh juice ... ... ... ... i'05o 
Ditto after 24 hours exposure to air ... ... ... i’053 
One hundred parts (by weight) of the juice contained, of 
Sugar ... ... ... ... ... 12‘380 
Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. .. ... ... 1*650 
Water ... ... ... ... ... 85’970 
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The large amount of sugar contained in this fruit renders it valuable to mix with other 
varieties, which possess a greater amount of Tannin, Mucilage, and Salts. 
The tree is hardy, grows to a good size, and bears freely. 
