PLATE XXIX. 
6 . GENNET MOYLE. 
“ The Moile 
Of sweetest honey’d Taste.” (Philips’ “ Cyder .”) 
The Gennet Moyle was the favorite apple in the cider orchards of the fifteenth century, and 
continued to be so until Lord Scudamore’s Redstreak supplanted it in popular esteem. Its history 
is lost; but its name signifies “a hybrid scion, ” from “gennet, ” a hybrid or mule ; and “moyle” a 
scion or graft. It is still to be found in the old orchards of Herefordshire, but has now become 
scarce. 
Description .—Fruit: round, somewhat prominently and obtusely ribbed on the side, and 
with ridges round the crown. Skin : of a clear lemon colour with a more or less russety cheek and 
with russet lines all over the side exposed to the sun. Eye : closed with convergent leafy segments, 
set in a puckered basin ; tube, long, funnel shaped ; stamens, marginal. Stalk : about half an inch 
long, inserted all its length in the cavity which is lined with russet. Flesh : with a yellowish tinge, 
tender, not very juicy, but rather dry, and with a very sweet, slightly acid flavour. Cells of the 
core, open. 
Mr. With’s analysis of the Gennet Moyle juice (season 1880), is as follows :— 
Density of fresh juice ... ... ... 1.046 
Ditto after 24 hours exposure to air... ... ... 1*053 
One hundred parts by weight of juice afford of:— 
Sugar • • ... • •« ••• 9 57 
Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. ... ... ... 5*43 
Water ... ... ... ••• • •• 85’ 00 
This sweet and fragrant apple, once so highly esteemed, is only to be found scattered here 
