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MonArk
type: Eating, Pie, Sauce
synonyms: Note that there is an American cultivar by the name Monark as well as a British heritage cultivar by the name Monarch .
identification: Large, round-flattened to conic. The base colour is yellow over which is a bright red wash covering up to 90% of the surface.
characteristics: The flesh is white, firm and surprising crisp for an early summer apple. Sweet and quite tart.
uses: Fresh eating, sauces and pies.
origins: Developed in the 1960s as as the first of the University of Arkansas apple breeding programme (defunct as of 1997) in Fayetteville, Arkansas (U.S.A.) Two experimental cultivars -- NJ-674016 crossed with NJ-40 -- stemming from Rutger University's involvement in the PRI (the anagram refers to Universities of Purdue, Rutgers and Illinois) effort to develop hardy, genetically scab resistant cultivars were the parents of MonArk. Apparently the new cultivar, dubbed AA-44, was not officially introduced by the University of Arkansas following an unauthorized release during the selection phase of its development.
cultivation: Vigorous, spreading tree. Hardy, precocious.
progeny: MonArk was used as the flower parent in the development of Rave, see MN 55
cold storage: Keeps up to two months in cooled storage.
harvest: Ready for harvest starting in the latter half of the third period but requires multiple pickings over a span of several weeks. Pre-harvest drop can be a problem.
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 3
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