Early Red Margaret

Apple

Editor's Note

Per Bunyard, Early Red Margaret is a distinct solid-red sport of Margaret/Red Juneating, of similar shape but "not so good as Red Juneating" — pale greenish-yellow with a dull brown-red flush, not striped. Most other 19th-century authors (Downing, Elliott, Lindley, Thomas) used "Early Red Margaret" interchangeably with Margaret; their descriptions reference stripes, indicating they were describing the striped Margaret variety, and have been filed under Margaret. Only Bunyard's description (below) is of the distinct solid-red sport.

EARLY RED MARGARET

Origin / History

Not described in source.

Tree

Growth moderate, very fertile.

Fruit

Size: Medium, 2¼ by 2¼.

Form: Round, conical, tapering to eye.

Stem: Stout, quarter-inch, protruding.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Eye open.

Basin: Narrow, ribbed.

Skin: Smooth, greasy. Pale greenish-yellow with dull brown-red flush. Not striped.

Dots: Not described in source.

Flesh and flavor: Tender, greenish white. Flavor flat, not so good as Red Juneating.

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Early August.

Uses

Dessert.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)

USDA Nomenclature (1905)

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

Possibly identical with: Red June

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 6 catalogs (1886–1913) from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois

Huntsville Wholesale Nurseries (Jessie S. Moss , Proprietor; W.F. Heikes, Manager), Huntsville , Alabama — 1886
Glen St. Mary Nurseries (G.L. Taber , Proprietor), Glen St. Mary , Florida — 1893
Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
Yarbrough Bros. , Stephens , Arkansas — 1901
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913

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EARLY RED MARGARET. Dessert, early August, medium, 2¼ by 2¼, round, conical, tapering to eye. Colour, pale greenish-yellow with dull brown-red flush, not striped. Skin, smooth, greasy. Flesh, tender, greenish white, flavour flat, not so good as Red Juneating. Eye, open in a narrow ribbed basin. Stem, stout, quarter-inch, protruding. Growth, moderate, very fertile.

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

Eve Red Margaret Southern Striped June Striped June Margaret Red Stripe