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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 ------ ------- 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 " ---------- 100 lbs. No. 2. Nitrates 5 lbs. Carbonates 10 " Phosphate 1 " Water 84 " -------- 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 " ---------- 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,
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