234 CIDER APPLES. 



would spoil a hogshead of good cider." The heads of the trees 

 should all be cut off and regrafted with a better variety. 



Kill-Boys. — A green, middle sized Gloucestershire apple. 

 The tree grows strongly with a drooping habit and bears freely. It 

 is a late variety. Its acrid, ^rough tasted fruit has probably given 

 it its name, as it also gives it its value for cider when mixed with 

 other varieties of richer juice. 



Knotted Hereford (formerly called Knotted Norman). A 

 green, bittersweet apple, with a broad base, and more or less 

 russety. The trees grow very knotty and knarled, and crop badly. 



Langworthy's Sour Natural. — A local Somersetshire apple 

 of middle size. It is an early variety and bears well. 



Langworthy's Sweet Natural. — A small red Somersetshire 

 apple. It is also an early variety, but without much merit in any 

 way. 



Maggie. — A Gloucestershire cider apple of fair repute. It is 

 a small, yellow apple, with a red cheek and sprinkled over with 

 russet dots. The tree bears well, and the fruit has a very acid, 

 austere taste. 



Marrow-bone or Tom Putt. 



Maundy, or Phillip's Maundy. — A middle sized yellow apple, 

 with a bright red cheek. It is second early. The fruit has a 

 rough, astringent flavour, and is thought to give good keeping 

 quaUties to the cider from mixed fruits. 



Monkton. — A beautiful, small, red apple, raised at Monkton, 

 near Taunton, in Somersetshire. It should be mixed with other 

 fruits, since it has no decided vintage character of its own. 



Morgan's Sweet. — A favourite cider apple in Somersetshire. 

 It is a pale yellow, conical apple, with ribbed sides, and covered 

 with dots. The tree grows well and bears freely. It is a late 

 variety, and cooks well. 



Morris' or Maurice's Pippin. — A Gloucestershire green 

 russet apple of middle size. It is a late variety, and considered an 

 excellent cider fruit. 



