Junaluska
AppleJunaluska
Origin/History
Originated in the Cherokee country, where it is highly esteemed. Fruited in Ohio and Kentucky (Warder, 1867). Thomas (1903) places it in North Carolina. Warder considered it potentially destined to supply the place of the Rhode Island Greening in regions where that variety does not succeed.
Tree
Not described in sources.
Fruit
Size: Large.
Form: Warder describes the form as roundish or flattened, slightly conic, regular. Thomas describes it as roundish-conic.
Stem: Quite short, knobby.
Cavity: Deep, acute, brown.
Calyx: Small, long, closed.
Basin: Rather small, regular.
Skin: Smooth, yellow, with some russet chiefly about the apex; sometimes blushed. Dots minute, gray.
Flesh/Flavor: Flesh yellow, breaking, granular. Flavor sub-acid, spicy, rich. Quality good.
Core/Seeds: Core wide, heart-shaped, regular, closed. Axis short. Seeds few, short, plump.
Season
November and through the winter.
Uses
Table and kitchen.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in sources.
Other
Not described in sources.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Junaluska.
This apple originated in the Cherokee country, where it is highly esteemed, and fruited in Ohio and Kentucky this year.
Fruit large, roundish or flattened, slightly conic, regular; Surface smooth, yellow, with some russet, chiefly about the apex; sometimes blushed; Dots minute, gray.
Basin rather small, regular; Eye small, long, closed.
Cavity deep, acute, brown; Stem quite short, knobby.
Core wide, heart-shaped, regular, closed; Axis short; seeds few, short, plump; Flesh yellow, breaking, granular; flavor sub-acid, spicy, rich; Quality good; Use, table and kitchen; Season November, and through the winter.
It may be destined to supply the place of the Rhode Island Greening, where that variety does not succeed.
— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)Junaluska. Large, roundish-conic, yellow; flesh yellow; sub-acid. Winter. N. C.