86 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Mundi; Mammoth; Monstrous Pippin; Ox Apple). Fruit, immensely 

 large, sometimes measuring four inches and a half in diameter ; of a 

 roundish shape, prominently angular on the sides, ribbed round the 

 eye, and flattened both at the base and the apex. Skin, smooth, pale 

 yellowish green, interspersed 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. 

 Stamens, median or basal ; tube, conical. Stalk, short and stout, 

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

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

 culinary apple. Cells, obovate ; abaxile. 

 It is in use from October to Christmas. 



Supposed to be of American origin, but some doubts exist as to where it was 

 first raised, that honour being claimed by several different localities. The general 

 opinion, however, is that it originated in the garden of a Mr. Smith, in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Baltimore, and was 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 Teutsch.es Gartenmagazin, it is doubtful whether it is a native of 

 America, for in the volume of that work for 1805 it is said to have been raised by 

 Herr Kiinslgartner 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 of Monstow's Pepping. It was called Belle Dubois by a nurseryman of 

 the name of Dubois at Sceaux, near Paris, who sent it out under his own name. 



GLORY OF ENGLAND. Fruit, large, three inches and a half 

 wide, and over two inches and three-quarters high ; ovate, somewhat 

 of the shape of Emperor Alexander, ribbed on the sides, and terminated 

 round the eye by a number of puckered-like knobs. Skin, dull 

 greenish yellow, with numerous imbedded 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. 



Glory of Flanders. See Brabant Bellefleur. 



GLORY OF THE WEST. Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter 

 broad, and two inches and three-quarters high ; oblate, ridged and 

 angular about the eye, and ribbed on the sides. Skin, smooth and 

 shining, yellow, mixed in some parts with a tinge of green, and washed 

 with thin clear red on the side next the sun ; the whole surface is 

 strewed with minute russety dots, and several large dark spots, such 

 as are often met with on the Hawthornden. Eye, large, with long 

 segments, and set in an angular basin. Stalk, three -quarters of an 

 inch long, inserted in a deep cavity, which is surrounded with a large 



