Junaluskee

Apple

Junaluskee

Origin/History

Origin, North Carolina.

Tree

Moderately vigorous, spreading. Young shoots dark brownish, slightly downy.

Fruit

Size: Medium to large.

Form: Roundish oblate.

Stem: Short.

Cavity: Large, a little green russet.

Calyx: Small, closed.

Basin: Abrupt, nearly smooth.

Skin: Yellow, lightly shaded on the sunny side, sprinkled with brown and gray dots.

Flesh/Flavor: Yellowish, rather compact, moderately juicy, rich subacid. Good to very good.

Core/Seeds: Core small.

Season

November to March.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Description absent; variety present in variety-characteristic table. (Lowther, 1914)

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Book Sources

Described in 2 period pomological works

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JUNALUSKEE.

Junaliska. Junalaskia.

Origin, North Carolina. Tree moderately vigorous, spreading. Young shoots dark brownish, slightly downy.

Fruit medium to large, roundish oblate, yellow, lightly shaded on the sunny side, and sprinkled with brown and gray dots. Stalk short. Cavity large, a little green russet. Calyx small, closed. Basin abrupt, nearly smooth. Flesh yellowish, rather compact, moderately juicy, rich subacid. Good to very good. Core small. November to March.

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

Junaluskee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M rob g VG b W

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

Journalaskia Junalaskia Junaliska