Plate XI. 
5. STRAWBERRY NORMAN. 
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The origin and history of this apple is not known ; nor, though it bears a Norman name, 
does it seem to resemble any of the Norman apples given in the French “Report” It is probably a 
Herefordshire seedling. 
Description. —Fruit, small, round, and flattened, uneven in its outline, being angular and 
considerably ribbed about the eye, which is deeply sunk. Skin, with a lemon yellow ground, 
covered with light crimson, which is thickly marked with broken streaks and mottles of bright and 
and darker crimson next the sun, and these extend for a considerable space to the shaded side of a 
paler tint; the base and stalk cavity are lined with cinnamon coloured russet. Eye, of medium 
size, with long, leafy, rather erect, and slightly divergent segments, set in a very deep and ribbed 
basin; tube, short, funnel-shaped; stamens, inclining to basal. Stalk, very short, quite embedded 
in the cavity, which is lined with russet, extending over the base. Flesh, yellowish, close, and 
spongy, with a sweet mawkish juice ; it has a crimson stain at the base of the eye. Cells of the 
core, small, closed ; cell-walls, obovate. 
The tree grows freely, and bears well. The fruit is pleasant in taste, and its juice, when 
fresh, is sweet and rich, with something of the flavour of a ripe strawberry. It makes excellent 
cider, and is a variety that well deserves general cultivation. 
Chemical analysis by Mr. G. H. With, F.R.A.S. :— 
Density of fresh juice .... 
1-043 
Density after 24 hours ... 
1-045 
In 100 parts by weight of juice : 
Sugar 
... 13-736 
Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. 
1-071 
Water 
85-193 
