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139. GLORIA MUNDL— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. See. Cat. ed. 3, n. 271. Down. Fr. Ainer. 110. 



Synonymes. — Monstrous Pippin, Coxe Vieiv, 117. Baltimore, //o/•^ Trans, iii. 120. 

 Lind. Guide, 61. Glazenwood Gloria Mundi, ace. Hort. Soc. Cat. New York 

 Gloria Mundi, Ibid. American Gloria Mundi, Ibid. American Mammoth, Ibid. 

 Mammoth, Ron. Pyr. Mai. 13. Ox Apple, ace. Downing. Pomme Josephine, 

 Puit et Turp.y.iA\i.A2S. Pomme Melon, /izW. Belle Josephine, Ze/jewr. Belle 

 Dubois, ace. Dubrieul. Paternoster, Ibid. Rhode Island, Ibid. Hausmiitter- 

 chen, Teutsehe G. Mag. ii. 453, t. 29. Menagere, Ibid. 



Figures.— Hort. Trans, vol. iii. t. 4. Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xxiv. f. 2. Poit. et 

 Turp. tab. 423. 



Fruit, immensely large, sometimes measuring four inches and a half 

 in diameter ; of a roundish shape, angular on the sides, and flattened 

 both at the base and the apex. Skin, smooth, pale yellowish-green, in- 

 tei'spersed with white dots and patches of thin delicate russet, and tinged 

 with a faint blush of red next the sun. Eye, large, open, and deeply set 

 in a wide and slightly furrowed basin. Stalk, short and stout, inserted 

 in a deep and open cavity, which is lined with rough russet. Flesh, 

 white, tender, juicy, and though not highly flavored, is an excellent 

 culinary apple. 



It is in use from October to Christmas. 



This variety is of American origin, but some doubts exist as to where 

 it was first raised, that honor being claimed by several different locali- 

 ties. The general opinion, however, is, that it originated in the garden 

 of a Mr. Smith, in the neighbourhood of Baltimore, and was first brought 

 over to this country by Captain George Hudson, of the ship Belvedere, 

 of Baltimore, in 1817. It was introduced from America into France by 

 Comte Lelieur, in 1804. But from the account given in the Allgemeines 

 Teutsches Gartenmagaztn, it is doubtful whether it is a native of Ame- 

 rica, for in the volume of that work for 1805, it is said to have been 

 raised by Herr Kiinstgartner Maszman, of Hanover. If that account is 

 correct, its existence in America is in all probability owing to its having 

 been taken thither by some Hanoverian emigrants. At page 41, vol. iii., 

 Dittrich has confounded the synonymes of the Gloria Mundi with 

 Golden Mundi, which he has described under the name o( Monstoto's 

 Pepping. 



140. GLORY OF ENGLAND.— H. 



Fruit, large, three inches and a half wide, and over two inches and 

 three quarters high ; ovate, somewhat of the shape of Emperor Alex- 

 ander, ribbed on the sides, and terminated round the eye by a number 

 of puckered-like knobs. Skin, dull greenish-yellow, with numerous 

 embedded whitish specks, particularly round the eye, and covered with 

 large dark russety dots, and linear marks of russet ; but on the side 

 exposed to the sun it is of a deeper yellow, with a few broken streaks 

 and dots of crimson. Eye, small and slightly closed, set in a shallow 

 and puckered basin. Stalk, short and fleshy, inserted in a wide, deep, 

 and russety cavity. Flesh, greenish-yellow, tender, soft, juicy, sprightly, 

 and slightly perfumed. 



An excellent culinary apple ; in use from October to January. 



