Crimson Queening

Apple

Origin/History An English variety of second-rate quality.

Fruit

Size: Medium
Form: Conical
Skin: Mostly covered with deep crimson
Flesh: White, with a red tinge under the skin; tender, juicy, sweet, aromatic

Tree Not described in source.

Season/Storage December to March.

Uses Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 1 catalog (1900)

Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900

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Crimson Queening. Scarlet Queening. Red Queening. Summer Queening. Herefordshire Queening. A second-rate English variety. Fruit medium size, conical, mostly covered with deep crimson. Flesh white, with a red tinge under the skin, tender, juicy, sweet, aromatic. December to March. (Hogg.)

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Crimson Quoining Herefordshire Queening Red Queening Scarlet Queening Summer Queening