Carolina Queen

Apple

Carolina Queen

Origin/History Known as Carolina Winter Queen in historical sources. Popular in North Carolina.

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Rather large, roundish, slightly oblate
Surface: Smooth and regular
Stem: Three-fourths of an inch long
Cavity: Wide and rather inclining to obtuse
Basin: Ribbed
Skin: Greenish yellow shaded and striped with light dull red
Flesh: Yellowish white
Flavor: Sprightly sub-acid; excellent flavor
Calyx: Not described in source
Core/Seeds: Not described in source

Season Early winter

Uses Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

USDA Nomenclature (1905)

From W.H. Ragan, Nomenclature of the Apple, USDA Bulletin No. 56

This may be Buckingham or Nix.

View original book sources (1)

Carolina Queen. (Carolina Winter Queen.) Rather large, roundish, slightly oblate, smooth and regular; greenish yellow shaded and striped with light dull red; stalk three-fourths of an inch long, cavity wide and rather inclining to obtuse, basin ribbed; flesh yellowish white, sprightly sub-acid, of an excellent flavor. Early winter. Popular in North Carolina.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

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