wild crab-apple
of Europe. It is stated on good authority that there is no country on
the globe so well adapted to the growth of this fruit as the temperate
regions of North America, and this seems to be demonstrated by the fact
that the apples of the United States are superseding the native fruit in
most of the civilized countries.

ANALYSES OF THE ASH OF THE APPLE.

Sap-wood. Heart-wood.
Potash 16.19 6.620
Soda 3.11 7.935
Chloride of sodium .42 .210
Sulphate of lime .05 .526
Phosphate of peroxide iron .80 .500
Phosphate of lime 17.50 5.210
Phosphate of magnesia .20 .190
Carbonic acid 29.10 34.275
Lime 18.63 35.019
Magnesia 8.40 6.900
Silica 1.65 .700
Organic matter 4.60 2.450
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Totals 100.65 100.535

ANALYSES OF APPLES.

One hundred pounds of average apples contain the following:

No. 1.

Fiber 3.2 lbs.
Gluten, fat, and wax .2 "
Casein .16 "
Albumen 1.4 "
Dextrine .7 "
Sugar 8.3 "
Malic acid .3 "
Water 82.66 "
Error .08 "
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100 lbs.

No. 2.

Nitrates 5 lbs.
Carbonates 10 "
Phosphate 1 "
Water 84 "
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100 lbs.

No. 3.

Water 85.0 lbs.
Sugar 7.6 "
Acid 1.0 "
Albuminous substances .22 "
Insoluble matter 1.83 "
Pectous Substances 3.88 "
Ash .47 "
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100 lbs.

WEIGHT OF APPLES.

Thirty-three hundred three-bushel barrels were weighed. The average net
weight, barrel not included, was: Ben Davis, 134 pounds, or 44-2/3
pounds per bushel; Missouri Pippin, 136-2/3 pounds, or 45-5/9 pounds per
bushel; Winesap, 144-3/4 pounds, or 48-1/4 pounds per bushel. Apples
vary in weight in different seasons. Jonathans weighed in quantity three
seasons give 134, 136 and 140 pounds per barrel,