MONARCH. Culinary, till April, large to very 

 large, 3j by 2j, flattened round. Colour, pale yellow 

 with bright red flush and fainter striping beneath. 

 Flesh, greenish-white, firm, moderately acid. Eye, 

 open in a wide, shallow basin, similar to Wellington. 

 Stem, fairly short in a moderately deep, slightly russet 

 cavity. Growth, vigorous, little spreading ; fertility, 

 excellent. Leaf, very large, round, very boldly doubly 

 crenate. Origin, said to be a cross. Peasgood's 

 Nonsuch and Wellington. Introduced by Messrs. 

 Seabrook. I have not yet grown this apple myself 

 but am indebted to the introducers for specimens from 

 which the above description is made. 



Monstrous Pippin : see Gloria Mundi. 



MOTHER. FL and Pom., 1883, 121. G., Mutter 

 Apfel. (So many apples have the name " Mother " 

 that Hogg distinguished this one by prefixing the 

 country of its origin : American Mother.) Dessert. 

 October to November, medium, 2j by 2j, oval conical, 

 slightly ribbed. Colour, golden-yellow with dull 

 brownish-red flush and faint stripes. Flesh, soft and, 

 juicy, very sweet, yellow or slightly green of distinct 

 flavour, resembling Peardrops. Eye, very small, closed, 

 in a small fairly deep basin. Stem, rather short, slender 

 in a moderate cavity which is compressed on one side. 

 Growth, moderate ;" fertility rather irregular. Leaf, 

 rather large, pale, nearly flat, down-hanging, sharply 

 serrate. Origin, rather uncertain, but recorded in 

 America before 1848. A very choice dessert fruit, 

 which often keeps good till mid January. 



Mother : see Oslin. 



Motteux's Seedling : see Beachamwell. 



MR. PROTHERO. Dessert, till June, medium to 

 fairly large, 3 by 2f, round, slightly flattened. Colour, 

 golden-yellow with medium red flush and broad stripes. 

 Flesh, pale yellow, good flavour, very firm. Eye, 



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