ATPLES. 61 



Minister. Color, red and green ; form, roundish, coni- 

 cal ; size, 1 ; use, table ; quality, 2 ; season, September to 

 December. 



Eemarks. — "Good, showy." — Trans. Ohio Pom. Socieff/. 

 Better for orchard culture in the East than in the West. 

 ]N"eeds a deep, sandy loam. Should be carefully picked. 

 Easily rots from bruising. So great a bearer that it often 

 needs thinning. Form rather long ovate. Kather acid. 

 Improved by keeping. Dr. Mosher, of Latonia Springs, 

 thinks well of it. He has paid great attention to fruit. 



Monk's Favorite. Color, striped red and yellow; 

 form, globular and flattened; size, 1; use. kitchen; 

 quality, 2 ; season, till June. 



-Hemarks. — " Yery handsome, promises well." — Trans. 

 Ohio Pom. Society. We hoj)e to know more of this fruit. 



Monmouth Pippin, or Red Cheek Pippin. Color, green- 

 ish yellow, with red cheek; form, round to conical; size, 

 1 to 2 ; use, table; season. Winter. 



Eemarks. — '' Large, good. Winter." — Trans. Ohio Pom. 

 Society, A l^ew Jersey apple. Handsome and pretty 

 good. 



Monstrous Pippin, see Gloria Mundi. 



Morgan Sweet. 



Eemarks. — "Little known." — Trans. Ohio Pom. Society. 



Moor's Sweeting, Sweet Pippin, Red Smeet Pippin, of 

 Indiana, and Pound Sweet, of some, West. Color, yellow 

 striped, and mostly covered with red, white bloom ; form, 

 round, flattened ; size, 2 to 1 ; use, kitchen and table ; 

 quality, 2 ; season, early Winter. 



Eemarks. — "Exhibited by Mr. Brand, of Champaign 



