July Queen
Apple
July Queen
Origin / History
July Queen is a new variety that originated in the nursery of Newman Taunton, near Ophelia, Ga. It is described in A.J. Downing's The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900). It is considered an acquisition in the locality of its origin.
Tree
The tree is a vigorous grower and somewhat spreading in habit. It is not a very early bearer, but it is a good bearer every year.
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Roundish, slightly conical.
Stem: Short, small, sometimes by a lip.
Cavity: Rather small, russeted.
Calyx: Closed, or nearly so.
Basin: Rather small, slightly plaited.
Skin: Pale yellow, a little greenish, striped and splashed rather thinly and faintly over half the surface in exposed specimens, with but little color where grown in the shade.
Dots: A few light and brown dots.
Flesh and flavor: Whitish, half fine, tender, juicy, mild, pleasant subacid, slightly aromatic, and of very good quality.
Core and seeds: Core small.
Season
Ripens soon after the Gravenstein. In Georgia it ripens from the middle of July till the 20th of August.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)July Queen.
A new variety which originated in the nursery of Newman Taunton, near Ophelia, Ga. Tree a vigorous grower, somewhat spreading, not a very early, but a good bearer every year; it ripens soon after the Gravenstein, and is considered an acquisition in the locality of its origin.
Fruit medium, roundish, slightly conical; skin pale yellow, a little greenish, striped and splashed rather thinly and faintly over half the surface in exposed specimens, and but little color where grown in the shade, with a few light and brown dots; stalk short, small, sometimes by a lip; cavity rather small, russeted; calyx closed, or nearly so; basin rather small, slightly plaited; flesh whitish, half fine, tender, juicy, mild, pleasant subacid, slightly aromatic, and of very good quality; core small. Ripens in Georgia from the middle of July till the 20th of August.