139. GLORIA MUNDI.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 271. [Down. Fr. Amer.] 110.
- Synonymes.—Monstrous Pippin, [Coxe View], 117. Baltimore, [Hort. Trans.] iii. 120. [Lind. Guide], 61. Glazenwood Gloria Mundi, acc. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] New York Gloria Mundi, Ibid. American Gloria Mundi, Ibid. American Mammoth, Ibid. Mammoth, [Ron. Pyr. Mal.] 13. Ox Apple, acc. Downing. Pomme Josephine, [Poit et Turp.] v. tab. 423. Pomme Melon, Ibid. Belle Josephine, Lelieur. Belle Dubois, acc. Dubrieul. Paternoster, Ibid. Rhode Island, Ibid. Hausmütterchen, [Teutsche G. Mag.] ii. 453, t. 29. Menagère, Ibid.
- Figures.—[Hort. Trans.] vol. iii. t. 4. [Ron. Pyr. Mal.] pl. xxiv. f. 2. [Poit. et Turp.] tab. 423.
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 delicate russet, and tinged with a faint blush of red next the sun. Eye, large, open, and deeply set in a wide and slightly 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 flavored, is an excellent culinary apple.
It is in use from October to Christmas.
This variety is of American origin, but some doubts exist as to where it was first raised, that honor being claimed by several different localities. The general opinion, however, is, that it originated in the garden of a Mr. Smith, in the neighbourhood of Baltimore, and was first 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 Teutsches Gärtenmagazin, 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 Künstgartner 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’s Pepping.
140. GLORY OF ENGLAND.—H.
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 embedded 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.