Monarch apple

/MO-nurk/
[English]

A large cooking apple, greenish-yellow with crimson red cheeks. It was raised in 1888 by Mr WP Seabrook at a nursery in Boreham in Essex as a cross between Peasgood Nonsuch and Dumelow's Seedling. It was introduced commercially in 1918. It resembles Newton wonder but is considered superior and is a good keeper. This late-season variety is harvested from early October in South-East England and is at is best from November to January.

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