Monmouth
- From
- Monmouth County
- Flesh quality
- firm, moderately coarse, somewhat crisp, tender, juicy, brisk, sub-acid but becoming mild, aromatic, good to very good.
- Flesh color
- yellow tinged
- Skin quality
- moderately thin, tough, smooth toward the base,
- Skin color
- red, yellow, green blushed, pink-red blushed
- Sizes
- large, medium
- Shape
- round, irregular, ribbed, oblate, conical, unequal sides
- Keeping quality
- varies much in different years
- Uses
- kitchen, table
- Also known as
- Monmouth Pippin
- Red Cheek
- Red Cheeked Pippin
- Red Cheek Pippin
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 1 (Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1905), 216.