PLATE LVII. 
6 . SOUTH QUEENING. 
A favorite apple in the Herefordshire orchards, but it is without any history. A “Queening,” 
doubtless from its irregular and often angular shape, from “ coin,” or “coign,” an angle. 
Description .—Fruit : of medium size, roundish oblong, but of irregular shape. Skin : 
yellowish green, covered more or less by a blush of crimson, with streaks and marks of deeper 
colour. Eye : large, and closed, with thick, green, inverted segments, and seated in a narrow, 
plaited basin. Stalk : three-quarters of inch long, inserted apparently on the surface, but really 
inclosed by the flesh of the apple. Flesh : white and soft, with a sweet acid taste and some 
astringency. Juice : fairly plentiful, of a full amber colour, sweet and rather 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. 
W ater 
1*050 
i’054 
i3‘6oo 
1 733 
S4'667 
100'000 
As a cider fruit it is very useful when mixed with varieties of rougher character and better 
keeping'qualities. It is a grand fruit for cooking, and makes excellent sauce. 
The tree grows well and in good form. It is very hardy and a good bearer. 
