Early Julien

Apple

Early Julien

Origin/History

Downing (1900) attributes Early Julien to Scotch origin, citing Lindley. Bunyard (1920) lists the origin as uncertain, noting only that it was known before 1800. Bunyard references Herefordshire Pomona, p. 41, and the French name Julien Précoce. Formerly much grown for market.

Tree

Downing describes the tree as healthy, hardy, and a good bearer. Bunyard characterizes growth as rather dwarfish and the tree as fertile.

Leaves: Roundish oval, narrow, undulating, sharply biserrate (Bunyard).

Fruit

Size

Downing calls the fruit medium size. Bunyard describes it as smallish, with dimensions of 2½ inches by 2 inches.

Form

Downing: roundish, slightly flattened. Bunyard: flattened, conical, angular.

Stem

Thick, very hairy (Bunyard).

Cavity

Deep (Bunyard).

Calyx

Closed (Bunyard).

Basin

Much ribbed (Bunyard).

Skin

Pale yellow (Downing) to pale golden-yellow (Bunyard), deepening in the sun (Downing), occasionally with a slight flush (Bunyard).

Flesh/Flavor

Downing describes the flesh as yellowish white, juicy, brisk subacid, and pleasant. Bunyard describes it as crisp, yellow, and acid.

Core/Seeds

Not described in source.

Season

August.

Uses

Culinary or dessert (Bunyard).

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 2 period pomological works

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)
Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920) — listed as EARLY JULYAN

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 1 catalog (1911) from England

James Veitch & Sons , Ltd., Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, London (also Coombe Wood, Langley, and Feltham) , England — 1911

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Early Julien.

This Apple is of Scotch origin, the tree healthy and hardy, and a good bearer.

Fruit medium size, roundish, slightly flattened, pale yellow, deepening in the sun. Flesh yellowish white, juicy, brisk subacid, pleasant. August. (Lind.)

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

EARLY JULYAN. Her. Pom., 41. F., Julien Précoce. (Early Julien, Fair Lady.) Culinary or dessert, August, 2½ by 2, smallish, flattened, conical, angular. Colour, pale golden-yellow, occasionally with a slight flush. Flesh, crisp, yellow, acid. Eye, closed, in a much ribbed basin. Stem, thick, very hairy, in a deep cavity. Growth, rather dwarfish; fertile. Leaf, roundish oval, narrow, undulating, sharply biserrate. Origin, uncertain. Known before 1800. Formerly much grown for market.

— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)

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