A medium sized apple of inferior quality, it is of an ovate shape, yellow color, and in use during October and November.—[H. S. C.] p. 25.
672. MASTERS’S SEEDLING.
A good Kentish apple, in use from November till February. The fruit is above the middle size, and of a regular round shape; color dark green, tinged with red on one side, but yellow when ripe, the pulp is very firm, and charged with a fine, agreeable, acid juice. The tree is of robust growth, hardy, and not liable to blight, and well deserves the character of being a first-rate bearer, of the first class in the orchard.—[Rog. Fr. Cult.] 52.
673. MASON’S WHITE.
- Synonyme.—Mason’s Early.
A medium sized early dessert apple, of second-rate quality, it is of a conical shape, pale yellow color, and is ripe during August—[H. S. C.] n. 432.
674. MASSAVIS.
- Synonyme.—Pomme d’Italie.
A small cider apple, of ovate shape, and green color, with brown towards the sun, the tree is a good bearer.—[H. S. C.] n. 433.