Munn's Red
Apple
MUNN'S RED
Origin and History
This apple derives its name from a householder at Canon Pyon, Herefordshire, who first produced it. It is widely grown throughout Herefordshire and is readily identified in orchards by the remarkably bright and glossy color of its fruit. Known historically as "The Pretty Maid" and "Greasy Apple."
Fruit
Form and Size: Round, sometimes slightly ovate, with even and regular outline.
Skin: Bright red, approaching scarlet, mottled and streaked with crimson over the entire surface. The surface is notably glossy.
Stalk: Long, curved, rather stout and woody, inserted in a very deep, round cavity.
Cavity: Very deep and round.
Eye (Calyx): Closed, with convergent segments. Set in a pretty deep basin, which is sometimes even and saucer-like, and sometimes slightly angular. Tube short and funnel-shaped; stamens median.
Flesh: Yellowish, with a stain of red extending from the base of the eye around the carpels.
Core: Cells open; cell-walls elliptical.
Chemical Composition
Analysis of fruit from the 1878 season by G. H. With, F.R.A.S.:
- Density of fresh juice: 1.0450
- Density after 24 hours' exposure: 1.0456
- Sugar: 9.110 per 100 parts by weight
- Tannin, mucilage, salts, &c.: 4.718 per 100 parts by weight
- Water: 86.172 per 100 parts by weight
Cider and Uses
Notwithstanding its favorable chemical composition, its cider is not deemed of first excellence.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— Woolhope Naturalists Field Club, The Herefordshire Pomona (1885)
- MUNN'S RED.
[Syn : The Pretty Maid ; Greasy Apple.]
This Apple derives its name from that of its producer, a householder at Canon Pyon. It is widely grown in Herefordshire, and attracts attention in most orchards by the remarkably bright and glossy colour of its fruit.
Description.—Fruit, round, sometimes slightly ovate, even and regular in its outline. Skin, bright red, approaching scarlet, mottled, and somewhat streaked with crimson over the whole surface. Eye, closed, with convergent segments, set in a pretty deep basin, which is sometimes even and saucer-like, and sometimes a little angular; tube, short, funnel-shaped; stamens, median. Stalk, long, curved, and rather stout and woody, inserted in a very deep, round cavity. Flesh, yellowish, with a stain of red from the base of the eye round the carpels. Cells of the core, open; cell-walls, elliptical.
The chemical analysis of this Apple, season 1878, by Mr. G. H. With, F.R.A.S., gives the following results:—
Density of Fresh Juice ... ... ... 1·0450 Ditto after 24 hours' exposure ... ... ... 1·0456 100 parts by weight yielded of Sugar ... ... ... ... ... 9·110 Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. ... ... ... 4·718 Water ... ... ... ... ... 86·172
Notwithstanding this analysis, its cider is not deemed of first excellence.