PLATE XXIX. 
[Syn : Old Bromley. | 
A very old variety spread through the Orchards of Gloucestershire and Herefordshire, but 
not abundant in the latter county. It is without any known history. 
Description .—Fruit: medium size, roundish and flattened, very uneven and angular on 
the sides ; and knobbed both at the crown and the base. Skin : bright yellow, much covered with 
firm broken streaks of crimson nearly over the whole surface, but especially where exposed to the 
sun ; russety all over the base, whence it extends in lines up the sides. Eye : closed, with broad, 
flat, convergent segments, set in a deep angular basin : tube, funnel shaped : stamens, basal. Stalk: 
straight and stout, from half to three quarters of an inch long, set in a deep cavity. Flesh: yellowish, 
firm and somewhat woolly in texture. Juice : pale, plentiful, fairly sweet, and with a brisk acidity. 
Cells of the core open. 
Mr. With’s analysis of the Bromley Apple (season 1880), is as follows :— 
Density of fresh juice ... ... ... ... i’c>33 
Ditto after 24 hours exposure to air... ... ... *'035 
One hundred parts by weight of fresh juice yield :— 
Sugar ... ... ... ... ... 12‘io 
Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. ... ... ... 1*30 
Water ... ... ... ... ... 86’6 
The analysis of the juice of this fruit does not indicate any great merit as a cider apple, but 
it is held in high esteem in Gloucestershire where some think it makes a strong good cider next to 
Skyrmes Kernel , strong but not sweet. It cooks well; and as a sauce apple is unsurpassed. 
It is a late apple; keeps well; and will sell well in the market—all great merits, that no doubt 
enable it to maintain its place in the esteem of the growers. 
The tree grows to a large size and spreads broadly, but it is considered rather shy in bearing, 
and for this reason has not been much propagated of late years. 
