The fruits and fruit trees of America; or, the culture, propagation, and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally; with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . unknown. Specimens received from Henry Avery,Burlington, Iowa. Fruit small, oblong, conical, slightly ribbed. Skin greenishyellow. Stem long, slender, in a large cavity, slightly closed, basin shallow, corrugated. Flesh white, tender,juicy, slightly aromatic, subacid. August. Early Strawberry Apple. American Red Juneating ? Red Juneating, e
The fruits and fruit trees of America; or, the culture, propagation, and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally; with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . unknown. Specimens received from Henry Avery,Burlington, Iowa. Fruit small, oblong, conical, slightly ribbed. Skin greenishyellow. Stem long, slender, in a large cavity, slightly closed, basin shallow, corrugated. Flesh white, tender,juicy, slightly aromatic, subacid. August. Early Strawberry Apple. American Red Juneating ? Red Juneating, erroneotisly, of some American gardens. A beautiful variety, which is said to have originated in theneighbourhood of New-York, and appears in the markets therefrom July till September. It is quite distinct from the EarlyRed Margaret, which has no fragrance, and a short stem Fruit round-ish, narrowingtow^ards the smooth andfair, finely stripedand stained withbright and darkred, on a yellow-ish white an inchand a half long,rather slenderand uneven, in-serted in a deepcavity. Calyxrather small, in ashallow, narrowbasin. Flesh white, slightlytinged with rednext the skin,tender, subacid,and very spright-ly and brisk in. Early Sirawb&rry. flavour, with an agreeable aroma. THE APPLE. 139 Early Red Margaret. Thomp. Lind. Margaret, or Striped Juneating. Ked Juneating. Striped Juneating. Eed Juneating. Eve Apple of the Irish. Margaretha Apfel, oi the Germans. An excellent early apple, ripening about the middle of July,or directly after the Early Harvest. The tree while young israther slender, with upright woolly shoots. It is a moderatebearer. Fruit belowmedium size, roundish-ovate,tapering towardsthe eye. Skingreenish yellow,pretty well cover-ed by stripes ofdark red. Stalkshort and closed, andplaced in a veryshallow plaitedbasin. Flesh white, sub-acid,and when freshlygathered from thetree, of a richagreeable flavour. This is distinct from
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