Munn's Red
Apple
Munn's Red
Origin and History
Named after its producer, a householder at Canon Pyon, Herefordshire. Also known as The Pretty Maid and Greasy Apple. Widely grown in Herefordshire, where it attracts attention in most orchards by the remarkably bright and glossy colour of its fruit.
Fruit
Form and outline: Round, sometimes slightly ovate, even and regular in its outline.
Skin: Bright red, approaching scarlet, mottled and streaked with crimson over the whole surface.
Cavity: Very deep and round; stalk long, curved, rather stout and woody, inserted within.
Calyx and basin: Eye closed, with convergent segments. Basin pretty deep—sometimes even and saucer-like, and sometimes a little angular. Tube short and funnel-shaped. Stamens median.
Flesh: Yellowish, with a stain of red extending from the base of the eye round the carpels.
Core: Cells open; cell-walls elliptical.
Chemical Composition
Analysis of 1878 fruit (G. H. With, F.R.A.S.):
- Density of fresh juice: 1.0450
- Density after 24 hours' exposure: 1.0456
- Per 100 parts by weight: Sugar 9.110; Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. 4.718; Water 86.172
Uses
Grown for cider production; however, its cider is not deemed of first excellence.
Tree
Not described in source.
Season
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
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.