MILDEN 



MONMOUTH 



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point ; calyx-tube conical, with short, truncate cylinder ; 

 stamens basal ; core small, axile ; cells symmetrical, 

 closed ; carpels elongated, obovate, mucronate, tufted ; 

 seeds plump, acute, tufted ; flesh yellow, coarse, crisp, 

 tender, juicy, mild subacid ; good ; November to January. 



MILDEN. Milding. By reason of hand- 

 some fruits of good quality, Milden has won 

 a place in New England which it seems likely 

 to retain both for home and commercial 

 plantings. The apples are bright red on a 

 pale-yellow background, of large size, and 

 shapely in form. They are good, at least, in 

 quality, and to many the subacid flavor is 

 very agreeable. The trees are vigorous from 

 start to maturity and come in bearing young, 

 after which they yield a large crop biennially. 

 Milden originated at Alton, New Hampshire, 

 about 1865. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright, dense. Fruit large, 

 uniform in size and shape, oblate, sometimes conic, 

 regular, often faintly ribbed, sides sometimes unequal ; 

 stem short, pubescent ; cavity acute, deep, wide, sym- 

 metrical or furrowed, often russeted and with outspread- 

 ing 'russet rays ; calyx large, pubescent ; lobes long, 

 acuminate, closed or partly open ; basin obtuse, shallow, 

 wide, often compressed or furrowed ; skin waxy, thin, 

 tough, mottled with bright red and striped and splashed 

 with carmine over a pale yellow background ; dots in- 

 conspicuous, few, gray or russet ; calyx-tube large, cone- 

 shape, meeting tke core ; stamens, median ; core distant, 

 medium in size, abaxile ; cells symmetrical, open ; core- 

 lines clasping ; carpels round to ovate, acuminate, 

 emarginate, tufted ; seeds variable in size and shape, 

 narrow, obtuse, often abortive ; flesh yellow, firm, crisp, 

 breaking, coarse, very juicy, subacid ; good ; November 

 to February. 



MILWAUKEE. Milwaukee is a seedling 

 of Oldenburg which it resembles in tree and 

 fruit. It is not so good an apple as its parent, 

 and deserves a place in pomology only be- 

 cause the crop matures late from one to three 

 months later than Oldenburg. It originated 

 from seed sown by George Jeffrey, Milwaukee, 

 Wisconsin, late in the last century. The 

 variety is planted only where apples must 

 brave the cold of northern winters, and even 

 in such regions it is still on probation. 



Tree vigorous, open, upright-spreading with laterals 

 inclined to droop ; branches long, slender, crooked. 

 Fruit large, uniform in size and shape, oblate, regular 

 or obscurely ribbed, sides often unequal ; stem pubescent, 

 short ; cavity large, acute, deep, broad, furrowed, rus- 

 seted and with outspreading brown-russet rays ; calyx 

 pubescent, large, leafy, partly open, sometimes closed ; 

 lobes wide, long, acute ; basin laige, often oblique, deep, 

 wide, abrupt, furrowed, wrinkled ; skin thin, tough, 

 smooth, glossy, pale yellow blushed with red, con- 

 spicuously mottled and striped with carmine ; dots 

 numerous, small, white, often submerged, occasionally 

 russet ; calyx-tube urn-shaped, with short cylinder and 

 wide limb ; stamens median ; core distant, abaxile, 

 small ; cells unsymmetrical, closed or open ; core-lines 

 clasping ; carpels elliptical to round-obcordate, mu- 

 cronate ; seeds few, often abortive, short, wide, flat, 

 obtuse ; flesh yellow, firm, coarse, crisp, tender, juicy, 

 sprightly, brisk subacid ; fair to good ; season, November 

 to March. 



MINKLER. Brandywine. Two characters 

 make M inkier more or less popular in the 

 Corn Belt of the Middle West; the trees are 

 vigorous and they bear large crops. The 

 apples are attractive in appearance and keep 

 very well in common storage but scald badly 

 in cold storage; the quality is distinctly in- 

 ferior. The variety is probably an old one 



renamed by S. G. Minkler of Illinois, about 

 1865. 



Tree large, vigorous, spreading, becoming drooping ; 

 branches strong, forming a broad angle with the trunk 

 and having a characteristically irregular, zigzag manner 

 of growth. Fruit medium to large, uniform in size 

 and shape, round to oblate-conic, regular ; stem medium 

 in length, slender ; cavity acute, deep, green or brown, 

 faintly russeted ; calyx small, closed or open ; lobes 

 broad, acute ; basin shallow, wide, obtuse, smooth or 

 wrinkled ; skin thin, tough, smooth, glossy, pale yellow, 

 overspread with light red, obscurely striped and splashed 

 with dull carmine ; dots small, yellow, gray or russet, 

 conspicuous ; calyx-tube short, wide, funnel-form with 

 broad limb and narrow cylinder ; stamens median ; core 

 large, axile ; cells closed or partly open ; core-lines 

 meeting or clasping ; carpels round, usually deeply 

 emarginate, tufted ; seeds dark brown, large, long, plump 

 or sometimes flat, acute, sometimes tufted ; flesh yellow, 

 firm, coarse, juicy, mild subacid, aromatic ; good ; No- 

 vember to April. 



MISSOURI PIPPIN. Missouri Orange. 

 Missouri Keeper. Missouri Pippin is one of 

 the standard commercial apples in Missouri 

 and neighboring states. The qualities which 

 give it standing are: attractive appearance and 

 long keeping quality in the fruit, and earliness, 

 reliability, and heavy bearing in the trees. 

 The apples are, however, but second-rate in 

 quality and the trees are usually short-lived. 

 The variety fails in the North and East. 

 Missouri Pippin is said to have originated on 

 the farm of Brinkley Hornsby, Kingsville, 

 Missouri, from seed planted about 1840. 



Tree vigorous, upright-spreading, with long, slender, 

 curved branches, characteristic on account of its numer- 

 ous, slender twigs. Fruit medium in size, round-conic ; 

 stem medium in length, slender ; cavity acute, wide, 

 deep, faintly russeted ; calyx closed or nearly so ; lobes 

 long, narrow ; basin medium to deep, wide, abrupt, 

 wrinkled ; skin thick, tough, smooth, glossy, thinly 

 coated with bloom ; color pale yellow overspread with 

 bright red, striped with dark red, highly colored speci- 

 mens almost solid red ; dots conspicuous, russet, or large, 

 pale gray ; calyx-tube funnel-form with wide limb, 

 sometimes broadly conical ; stamens median ; core small, 

 axile, or nearly so ; cells symmetrical, open ; core-lines 

 clasping ; carpels smooth, round-elliptical, sometimes 

 emarginate ; seeds small, obtuse, dark brown ; flesh 

 yellow, firm, fine-grained, brisk subacid ; fair to good 

 in quality ; October to January. 



MONMOUTH. Monmouth Pippin. Red 

 Cheek. Red Cheek Pippin. Monmouth is an 

 apple of the Rhode Island Greening type, but 

 its fruits are easily distinguished by a brighter 

 cheek and a distinct flavor. The apples are 

 handsomer than those of Rhode Island Green- 

 ing, keep as well in common storage, and do 

 not scald so badly in cold storage; but they 

 are not so well flavored, and the crop runs 

 more to low-grade fruit. The trees are hardy, 

 long-lived, and productive; bear young, almost 

 annually; and fall short only in vigor. This 

 apple is a native of New Jersey and was first 

 described in 1848. It is grown sparingly in all 

 apple regions east of the Mississippi. 



Tree of medium size, vigorous, spreading, open ; 

 branches short, stout, crooked. Fruit large, oblate to 

 round, somewhat conic, flattened at the base, irregular, 

 obscurely ribbed, sides often unequal ; stem short, thick ; 

 cavity large, acute, deep, broad, furrowed or compressed, 

 smooth or russeted ; calyx large, leafy, pubescent, open 

 or partly closed ; lobes reflexed and separated at the 

 base ; basin large, wide and deep, abrupt, often dis- 

 tinctly furrowed and wrinkled ; skin thin, tough, smooth 

 toward the base, the upper half often roughened with 



