APPLES. 61 



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

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

 December. 



Eemarks.— " Good, showy."— TVans. Ohio Pom. Society. 

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

 Needs 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. Eather acid. 

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

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



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

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

 quality, 2 ; season, till June. 



Eemarks.' — "Very handsome, promises well."— r7Va«s. 

 Ohio Pom. Society. We hope 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. 



Remarks. — " Large, good, Winter." — Trans. Ohio Pom. 

 Society. A New Jersey apple. Handsome, and pretty 

 good. (See Appendix, 52.) 



Monstrous Pippin, see Gloria Mundi. 



Morgan Sweet. 



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



Moor's Sweeting, Sweet Pippin, Red Sweet 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 



