Malus domestica ‘Monty’s Surprise’ is an excellent choice for eating, featuring a good, crisp texture, and light-green skin striped with red. Malus domestica ‘Monty’s Surprise’ bears large fruit that ripens in mid-autumn, and it is disease-resistant. During spring, the pink buds of Malus domestica ‘Monty’s Surprise’ develop into white flowers. Malus domestica ‘Monty’s Surprise’ potentially has great health benefits, find out more at Heritage Food Crops. To ensure proper pollination, Malus domestica ‘Monty’s Surprise’ requires cross-pollination from other cultivars such as Malus domestica ‘Gala’, Malus domestica ‘Golden Delicious’, Malus domestica ‘Granny Smith’, Malus domestica ‘Initial’, and Malus domestica ‘Royal Gala’. Malus domestica is deciduous and native to Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and China. Learn more about Malus domestica. Malus domestica ‘Monty’s Surprise’ was discovered in April 2000 by Mark Christensen and friends in a remote part of the central North Island, New Zealand.