. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. SUMMER APPLES. 73 flavour. The young trees of moderate vigour, with scarcely diverging shoots. Manning errs by following Coxe in calling this a flat apple. 8. Early Red Margaret. § Thomp. Lind. Red Juneatin^. Margaret, or Striped Juneating. Ronalds, Early Red Juneating. Eve Apple of the Irish, Striped Juneating^. Margaretha Apfel, of the Germans, An excellent early apple, ripening about the middle of July, or directly after the Early Harvest. The tree while young is rather slender with upright woolly shoots. It is a moderate beare
. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. SUMMER APPLES. 73 flavour. The young trees of moderate vigour, with scarcely diverging shoots. Manning errs by following Coxe in calling this a flat apple. 8. Early Red Margaret. § Thomp. Lind. Red Juneatin^. Margaret, or Striped Juneating. Ronalds, Early Red Juneating. Eve Apple of the Irish, Striped Juneating^. Margaretha Apfel, of the Germans, An excellent early apple, ripening about the middle of July, or directly after the Early Harvest. The tree while young is rather slender with upright woolly shoots. It is a moderate bearer. Fruit below me- dium size, round- ish-ovate, tapering towards the eye. Skin greenish yel- . low, pretty well \ covered by stripes of dark red. Stalk short and thick. Calyx closed, and placed in a very shallow plaited ba- sin. Flesh white, sub-acid, and when freshly gathered from the tree, of a rich agreeable fla- vour. Fig. 27. Early Red Margaret. This is distinct from the Margaret Apple, of Miller, the Red Juneating of some of our gardens, which resembles it, but is round, with a short slender stalk, and dull yellow skin striped with orange red on one side, the fruit fragrant and the leaves very downy. 9. Early Strawberry Apple. (§) American Red Juneating ? Red Juneating, erranecnisly, of some American gardens, A beautiful variety which is said to have originated in the neighbourhood of New-York, and appears in the markets there from July till September. Its sprightly flavour, agreeable per- fume, and fine appearance, place it among the very finest sum- 7. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852. New York, Wiley & Halsted
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