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PLATE XXIX. 
5. CIDER LADY’S FINGER. 
The origin of this variety does not seem to be known, but from the age of the trees it was 
probably produced at the end of the last, or the beginning of the present century. 
Description .—Fruit : medium sized, two and a half inches long by one inch and a half wide, 
oblong, even but not always regular in its outline, with a waist near the top. Skin : quite smooth, 
dull orange, or yellow on the shaded side, with a few broken stripes of red ; washed with thin red 
which is streaked with darker and brighter red, on the side next the sun ; the surface strewed with 
russet specks. Eye : small and prominently set ; open, with very short divergent segments, and 
surrounded with a few prominent plaits or little knobs ; tube, funnel shaped ; stamens, marginal. 
Stalk : very slender, short, inserted in a shallow cavity or merely in a slight depression, surrounded 
with russet. Flesh : yellowish, rather dry ; juice of a fine rich colour, with a sweet subacid and 
astringent flavour. Cells of the core, open. 
Mr. With’s analysis of the Cider Lady's Finger (season 1878), is as follows :— 
Density of fresh juice ... ... ... ... ro4i 
Ditto after 24 hours ... ... ... ... 1*045 
One hundred parts by weight of the juice contain :— 
Sugar ... ... ... ... ... 13* 242 
Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. ... ... ... 1*412 
Water ... ... ... ... ... 85*346 
This Apple is a valuable addition to the orchard. It ripens a little too early for the best 
class of cider ; but it is easy to manage and makes a very good cider. It is rich, strong, and 
brisk, often good enough to bottle—but too often it is apt to lose much of its richness in 
the hot weather of early autumn, from the difficulty of arresting the fermentation. This analysis 
fully bears out the esteem in which it is held. 
The tree is hardy, grows well and bears profusely. It is rising in favour, and deservedly so. 
It is much grown in the orchards of the valley of the river Frome, and is becoming widely 
distributed through Herefordshire. 
