PLATE LVII. 
5. CHERRY PE ARM AIN. 
This variety is an old one, and widely spread through the orchards of Herefordshire. It 
is without any known history. 
Description .—Fruit : very handsome in colour, and regular in shape, round oblong, above 
medium size. Skin: yellow, but very much covered as It were with the small particles of broken-up 
streaks of crimson, which run together on the side exposed to the sun, where they are traversed by 
streaks of deeper crimson. Eye : small and closed, set in a narrow cavity. Stalk : half an inch 
long, almost hidden in a deep and narrow cavity which is lined with russet. Flesh : soft and 
reddish pink in patches beneath the skin and outside the core fibres ; sweet and pleasant to taste 
with a slight after roughness. Juice : plentiful, of a rich pink colour changing to a deep rosy red. 
The chemical analysis of the juice (season 1882), by Mr. G. H. With, yielded the following 
results :— 
Density of fresh juice ... ... ... .... 1*047 
Ditto after 24 hours exposure to air ... ... ... i'050 
One hundred parts of the juice contained, of 
Sugar ... ... ... ... ... 12700 
Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. ... ... ... 2*000 
Water .. ... ... ... ... 85*300 
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A very favorite apple in the orchard. It is handsome in shape and colour. It is very 
good eaten fresh from the tree; will make a pudding ; or mix well with other varieties in the cider vat. 
The tree is of good size, and generally hardy, but in some localities it is apt to canker. It 
bears freely. 
There is a red variety of Cherry Permain which differs but little from this one, except in its 
deeper colour. 
