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closed, with long, broad, flat woolly segments, set in a pretty deep 

 basin, marked with ten prominent ribs, and lined with down. Stalk, 

 half an inch long, slender, sometimes a little, downy. Flesh, yellowish 

 green, tender, and fine grained, crisp and juicy, with a pleasant sub- 

 acid flavour. 

 A kitchen apple ; in use from October to January, 



Gardener's Apple. See Aimi-ican Mother. 

 Garnon's. See Cowt-Pendu-Plat. 

 Garret Pippin. See Borsdbrffer. 

 Girkin Pippin. See Wyken Pippin. 

 Glammis Castle. See Tower of Qlammis. 



GLOKIA MUNDI {Baltimore ; Belle Dubois ; Mammoth ; Monstrous 

 Pippin; Ox Apple). — Fruit, immensely large, sometimes measuring 

 four inches and a half in diameter ; of a roundish shape, angular on the 

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

 yellowish green, interspersed with white dots and patches of thin 

 dehcate russet, and tinged with a faint blush of red next the sun. Eye, 

 large, open, and deeply set in a wide and shghtly furrowed basin. 

 Stalk, short and stout, inserted in a deep and open cavity, which is 

 lined with rough russet. Flesh, white, tender, juicy, and though not 

 highly flavoured, is an excellent cuUnary apple. 



It is in use from October to Christmas. 



This variety is of American origin, bnt 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 Teatsches Giirtenmagazin, 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 Kiinstgartner 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'i Pepping. 



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.. 



