PLATE LXXII. 
2. RED SPLASH. 
[Syn : Rolling s Kernel .] 
The origin of this pretty variety is nowhere given, though it is extensively cultivated in some 
Worcestershire orchards. 
Description. —Fruit: small, roundish oblate, and regularly formed. Skin : golden yellow, 
with a few streaks of crimson on the shaded side, and completely covered with crimson on the side 
exposed to the sun. Eye : with divergent segments, reflexed at the top, set in a wide and saucer¬ 
like basin. Tube, short, funnel shaped ; stamens medium. Stalk : a quarter to half an inch long, 
slender, and set in a pretty wide cavity. Flesh : yellowish, juicy, sweet, and agreeably flavoured, 
but with considerable astringency. Cells : open, cell walls, roundish, inclining to obovate. 
This small apple is a valuable early cider fruit. 
The chemical analysis of the juice (1881) by Mr. G. H. With, F.R.A.S., gave the following 
results :— 
Density of the fresh filtered juice ... ... .... 1*042 
Ditto ditto after 24 hours’ exposure ... ... 1*043 
One hundred parts of the juice by weight yielded of— 
Sugar ... ... ... ... ... 9*600 
Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. .... ... ... 4*790 
Water ... ... ... ... ... 85*610 
The tree makes a sturdy standard of small size. It is very hardy and prolific. It is grown 
very much in the neighbourhood of the Malvern Hills ; and the fruit from the parish of Newland 
finds a ready sale, it is said, for the manufacture of “ Real Chutnee Sauce.” 
