PLATE LVII. 
4. COWARN E RED. 
This fruit takes its name from the parish of Much Cowarne, Herefordshire, where it was 
raised about the beginning of the last century (c. 1720). This apple is well represented in 
the “ Pomona Herefordiensis,” Plate xxviii. 
Description. —P'ruit : above medium size, roundish oblate, narrowing towards the crown, 
where it has a few obtuse plates more or less defined. Skin : golden yellow on the shaded side 
with numerous streaks of red, a bright red almost all over the surface, and where fully exposed to 
the sun, becoming of a deep purplish crimson. Eye : Small and closed and set in a narrow cavity. 
Stalk: half an inch long, stiff and straight, deeply inserted in a narrow cavity which is lined with very 
thin russet. Flesh : crisp and pleasant to taste, tinted with crimson beneath the skin and slightly 
marking the fibre of the core. Juice : very thin and plentiful, of a ruddy amber colour, and very 
slightly astringent. 
The chemical analysis of the juice (season 1882), by Mr. G. H. With, gave the following 
results :— 
Density of fresh juice 
Ditto after 24 hours exposure to air 
One hundred parts of the juice contained, of 
Sugar 
Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. 
Water 
1 '047 
1-047 
11 -900 
1 400 
86-700 
100-000 
Mr. Knight makes the specific gravity of this apple as high as 1069. 
The Cowarne red is a favorite variety in the orchard. It is a good apple, but its bright 
colour and its free bearing habit has certainly helped its popularity. 
The tree grows to a large size, is very hardy, and is often to be seen in extreme old age. 
