PLATE LXXII. 
The origin of this variety is not known. It is a favourite apple in the Herefordshire 
orchards, and is widely grown through the country. 
Description. —Fruit: medium size, roundish oblate, with five or more obtuse angles at the 
side. Skin : almost entirely covered with red, becoming much darker on the side towards the sun, 
and everywhere shewing numerous small yellow spots. Eye : partially open with reflexed 
segments, set in a narrow basin, more or less irregular. Stalk : slender, more than half an inch 
long and set in a deep and narrow cavity, lined with russet. Flesh : deeply stained red from the 
skin to the outside core lines. Juice : plentiful, of a deep rose amber colour, sweet, with some 
roughness of taste. 
The chemical analysis of the fresh juice (1883) by Mr. G. H. With, F.R.A.S., gave the 
following results :— 
Density of the fresh filtered juice .... ... ... 1*040 
Ditto ditto after 24 hours’ exposure ... ... 1*043 
One hundred parts of the juice by weight yielded of— 
Sugar ... ... ... ... ... 10700 
Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. ... ... ... 2*380 
Water .. ... ... ... ... 86*920 
The tree grows to a large size, and bears an abundance of its highly coloured fruit. 
