Garden. GARDEN ROYAL.

This fine apple has been received from quite distant points, Chillicothe, Ohio, and Salem, Indiana. It is quite distinct in season from the Beefsteak or Garden of Downing, but in description corresponds very closely with the Garden-Royal of Elliott, which fruit I have not seen. Origin unknown.

Fruit pretty large, roundish, flat, regular; Surface smooth, yellowish-green, slightly shaded red, scattered stripes, carmine; Dots minute, black.

Basin wide, regular, small, closed.

Cavity deep, acute, regular, green; stem short to medium, sometimes knobby.

Core wide, closed or open, regular, clasping the eye; seeds small, pointed, brown; flesh pale yellow or whitish, tender, fine-grained, juicy; Flavor sub-acid, aromatic, saccharine, agreeable; Quality very good to best; Use dessert, kitchen, market; Season August to October; worthy of cultivation.

— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)

Garden Royal.

Originated on the farm of Bowker, Sudbury, Mass. Tree of moderate, very upright growth, forming a beautiful roundish, regular even head, very productive. Young shoots dark dull reddish brown, slightly grayish or imperfect downy.

Garden Royal.

Fruit medium or below. Form roundish oblate, very slightly conic. Color greenish yellow, shaded, striped, and splashed with rich red, a little dull or grayish toward the stalk. Sprinkled with light and gray dots. Stalk medium, slender. Cavity deep, acute. Calyx open or partially closed. Segments sometimes a little recurved. Basin shallow, slightly uneven. Flesh yellow, very tender, juicy, rich, mild subacid, aromatic. Best. Core small. Last of August, September.

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

GARDEN ROYAL.

REFERENCES. 1. Manning, Mag. Hort., 13:438. 1847. 2. Hovey, Ib., 14:18. 1848. fig. 3. Thomas, Cultivator, 5:212. 1848. 4. Cole, 1849:106. fig. 5. Thomas, 1849:139. fig. 6. Barry, 1851:284. 7. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1854. 8. Elliott, 1854:81. 9. Mag. Hort., 21:63. 1855. 10. Downing, 1857:79. 11. Warder, 1867:719. 12. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:292. 13. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:239. 14. Rural N. Y., 60:247. 1901. 15. Budd-Hansen, 1903:88. fig. 16. Farrand, Mich. Sta. Bul., 205:44. 1903.

SYNONYMS. None.

Garden Royal is not a good variety for commercial planting because the fruit is too small and its season early and short, but by many it is considered one of the very best dessert apples of late summer and early autumn. The fruit is of regular form, very handsome deep yellow striped with orange-red and dark crimson. The flesh is very tender, aromatic and with a delicate, pleasant acid flavor; season, August and September. The tree when full grown is of medium size, moderately vigorous, with roundish head. It appears to be hardy, healthy and long-lived, comes into bearing young and is a reliable biennial cropper.

Historical. Origin Sudbury, Mass. (2). It is occasionally found in this state in home orchards. It is now little propagated by nurserymen and seldom planted.

FRUIT.

Fruit medium or below. Form round, slightly oblate, often a little inclined to conic, regular or obscurely ribbed. Stem short to medium, straight, rather slender. Cavity acute sometimes approaching acuminate, rather deep and broad, slightly furrowed, often faintly russeted. Calyx small to above medium, open or partly closed; lobes often separated at base, rather short, acute. Basin moderately shallow, rather wide, obtuse to somewhat abrupt, slightly wrinkled. Skin thin, greenish-yellow, sometimes entirely overspread with red, irregularly striped and splashed with carmine. Dots numerous, rather conspicuous, medium or above, often irregular, russet or yellowish. Calyx tube medium size, funnel-shape. Stamens median to nearly marginal. Core small, axile; cells closed or slightly open; core lines clasping. Carpels small, elliptical, emarginate. Flesh tinged with yellow, fine, tender, juicy, agreeable mild subacid, aromatic, very good. Season late August and September.

— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 2 (1905)

Garden Royal. Size: medium. Form: roundish (oblate). Color: yellow-red. Quality: best. Use: family. Season: summer. N. Div.: 6* (reported as adapted to more than one division). C. Div.: 2* (reported as adapted to more than one division).

— Granville Lowther (ed.), Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (1914)

Garden Royal.

American. Originated in Mass. Tree, slender, slow grower while young; hardy, and makes a tree of medium size, annually productive; suited to small orchards or gardens where a delicious fruit is desired for table use. Fruit, rather below medium; form, roundish, inclining to flat, very regular; color, a yellowish ground, with dull red stripes, becoming brighter in sun; stem, short, slender: cavity, narrow; calyx, large, open; basin, shallow; flesh, yellowish white, fine-grained, tender, mild, sub-acid. Last of August and September.

— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)

Garden Royal. Below medium, roundish, slightly flattened at ends, even and regular; surface with small, broken, red stripes on yellow ground, deep red to the sun; stalk short, or half to three-fourths of an inch long, slender, cavity acute; calyx large, open; basin very shallow; flesh yellowish white, exceedingly tender, and fine-grained; flavor mild, sub-acid, fine. A poor grower, but a first-rate dessert fruit. Late summer. Origin, Sudbury, Mass.

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

Garden Royal. — Origin, Sudbury, Massachusetts; tree of moderate, very upright growth, forming a beautiful, roundish, even head, very productive.

Fruit medium, or below, roundish oblate, very slightly conical; surface greenish yellow, shaded, striped and splashed with rich red, a little dull or grayish toward the stalk; dots few, light and gray; cavity deep, acute; stem medium, slender; basin shallow, slightly uneven; calyx open or partially closed; segments sometimes a little reflexed. Core small; flesh yellow, very tender, juicy, rich, mild subacid, aromatic, best. Last of August, September.

— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)

GARDEN ROYAL. Garden Royal is a very good home variety for late summer and early autumn, but the apples are too small and the season is too short for commercial value. The fruits are regular in form and handsomely colored a deep yellow striped with orange-red and dark crimson — a most prepossessing apple. The flesh is very tender and aromatic and has a pleasant acid flavor. The variety originated at Sudbury, Massachusetts, over a century ago. Its cultivation is confined to New England and New York.

Tree of medium size, vigorous, round-headed, hardy, healthy, long-lived, comes into bearing young and is reliable in biennial bearing. Fruit small, round or oblate-conic, regular or obscurely ribbed; stem short, straight, slender; cavity acute, deep and broad, furrowed, often russeted; calyx small, open or partly closed; lobes separated, short, acute; basin shallow, wide, obtuse, wrinkled; skin thin, greenish-yellow, sometimes entirely overspread with red, irregularly striped and splashed with carmine; dots numerous, conspicuous, often irregular, russet or yellow; calyx-tube funnel-shape; stamens median; core small, axile; cells closed or slightly open; core-lines clasping; carpels small, elliptical, emarginate; flesh yellow, fine, tender, juicy, agreeable, mild subacid, aromatic; very good; late August and September.

— U.P. Hedrick, Cyclopedia of Hardy Fruits (1922)