THE EARLY RED MARGARET APPLE.

The Margaret Apple. Langley's Pomona, t. 74, f. 1. Early Red Margaret. Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. p. 129. Early Margaret............. } Red Juneating.............. } of various Gardens. Early Striped Juneating.... } Eve Apple, of the Irish Gardens. Margaretha Apfel........... } Rother Jacobs Apfel........ } of the Germans.

This excellent summer Apple is one of the oldest varieties with which we are acquainted. It is the earliest, or nearly so, of all the summer fruit, and beyond comparison the best. From this country it has found its way into the German and French gardens, in which it is as much esteemed as in our own.

It should be eaten fresh from the tree, to be tasted in perfection; but will keep several days without being materially injured.

Wood rather strong, gray, and woolly at the upper end; at the lower, sprinkled with well-marked whitish spots.

Leaves rather large, thick, cordate at the base, with particularly large leafy stipulæ.

Flowers in large dense clusters, cream-coloured, slightly tinged with red.

Fruit middle-sized, roundish oblong, rather angular, tapering a little to the eye. Stalk short, thick. Eye contracted, plaited. Skin greenish yellow, richly and closely streaked with deep red. Flesh white, juicy, breaking, subacid, very rich and agreeable, without any perfume or spicy flavour.

— John Lindley, Pomologia Britannica, Vol. 1 (1841)

Early Red Margaret.

Early June, } of South, Red Juneating, Red June, } Striped Juneating, June, of Ohio, Early Red Juneating, Eve Apple, of the Irish, Margaretha Apfel, of Germans.

This should not be confounded with Early Strawberry — oftener grown as Red Juneating. Tree, a regular, moderate bearer, upright, downy shoots. Fruit, medium or below, roundish oblong conical ; green in shade, dark crimson red in sun ; stem, short, thick : cavity, medium : calyx, half closed ; basin, shallow ; flesh, white, fine grained, tender ; "very good." July.

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

3. MARGARET.

[Syn : Early Red Margaret; Early Margaret; Early Red Juneating; Red Juneating; Striped Juneating; Early Striped Juneating; Striped Quarrenden ; Summer Traveller ; Eve Apple in Ireland; Marget Apple ; Maudlin; Magdalene ; Marguerite; Lammas.]

This is a very old English apple. It is without doubt the Margaret of Rea, Worlidge, Ray, and all our early pomologists. It is figured by Lindley, Pl. 46.

Description.—Fruit: middle sized ; roundish ovate, and narrowing towards the eye, when it is angular. Skin : greenish yellow on the shaded side, but bright red next the sun, striped all over with dark red, and strewed with grey russetty dots. Eye : half open and prominent, with long, broad, erect segments, surrounded with a number of puckered knobs. Stalk : short and thick, about half an inch long, inserted in a small and shallow cavity. Flesh : greenish white, brisk, juicy, and vinous, with a pleasant and very refreshing flavour.

The Margaret is a first rate early dessert apple, with a fresh, juicy, vinous flavour. It is ripe in the beginning of August and should not be allowed to ripen on the tree or it will very quickly become mealy.

The tree is small in size, and well adapted for growing dwarf either for potting, or for training as a pyramid, or espalier, when grafted on the paradise or pomme paradis stock. It bears freely and is very hardy, though somewhat liable to canker in light soils.

— Woolhope Naturalists Field Club, The Herefordshire Pomona (1885)

Early Red Margaret. Margaret, or Striped Juneating. Striped June. Early Red Juneating. Striped Juneating. Red Juneating. Eve Apple of the Irish. Margaretha Apfel of the Germans. An excellent early Apple, ripening about the middle of July, or directly after the Early Harvest. The tree while young is rather slender, with reddish brown upright woolly shoots. It is a moderate bearer. Fruit below medium size, roundish ovate, tapering towards the eye. Skin greenish yellow, pretty well covered by stripes of dark red. Flesh white, subacid, and, when freshly gathered from the tree, of a rich, agreeable flavor. Good.

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

Early Red Margaret. Medium, round-ovate; striped with dull red, somewhat russeted; stalk half an inch long, thick; basin plaited, narrow, very shallow; flesh sub-acid, tender, good when fresh; ripens at wheat harvest, scarcely earlier than Early Harvest. Shoots erect, downy; moderate bearer. England.

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

MARGARET.

REFERENCES. 1. Forsyth, 1803:50. 2. Am. Gard. Cal., 1806:584. 3. Forsyth, 1824:114. 4. Pom. Mag., 1:No.46. 1828. col. pl. 5. London Hort. Soc. Cat., 1831:No. 708. 6. Kenrick, 1832:26. 7. Floy-Lindley, 1833:7. 8. Manning, 1838:46. 9. Downing, 1845:73. fig. 10. Cole, 1849:98. 11. Thomas, 1849:137. fig. 12. Emmons, Nat. Hist. N. Y., 3:11. 1851. 13. Elliott, 1854:145. 14. Hooper, 1857:31. 15. Warder, 1867:717. 16. Fitz, 1872:160. 17. Downing, 1872:10 index, app. 18. Leroy, 1873:454. fig. 19. Barry, 1883:332. 20. Hogg, 1884:141. 21. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:238. 22. Jour. Roy. Hort. Soc., 1898:354. 23. Waugh, Vt. Sta. An. Rpt., 14:299. 1901. 24. Budd-Hansen, 1903:124.

SYNONYMS. D'Eve (18). Duverson's June (17). Early June of South (13). EARLY MARGARET (16). Early Margaret (4, 20). Early Red (24). EARLY RED JUNEATING (6). Early Red Juneating (7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 20). EARLY RED MARGARET (4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21). Early Red Margaret (6, 13, 18, 20, 23). Early Striped Juneating (4, 5, 6, 7, 20). Eve Apple (7, of Ireland 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 13, 20). Herr's June (17). June of some in Ohio (13). Lammas (3, 20). Magdalene (20). MARGARET (1, 2, 3, 13, 20, 22, 23, 24). Margaret (4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 18). Margaret, Early (5). MARGARET, EARLY RED (5). Margaretha Apfel (4, 7, 9, 12, 13). Marget Apple (20). MARGUERITE (18). Marguerite (5, 20). Maudlin (18, 20). Red Joaneting (22). Red June of South (13). Red Juneating (4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 20). Red Juneting (3). Reinette Quarrendon (18). Rother Jacobs (18). Rother Jacobs Apfel (4, 7). Striped Juneating (5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 18, 20). Striped Quarendon (17). Striped Quarrenden (5, 18, 20). Summer Traveller (5, 17, 20). Virginia June (17).

An early summer apple, small to nearly medium, roundish ovate, yellowish striped and marbled with dull red. Flesh pleasant subacid, good; season late July and early August. It is a dessert apple suitable for the home orchard only. The tree is of medium size, moderately vigorous, upright, hardy, long-lived, comes into bearing fairly young and is a pretty reliable biennial cropper.

Historical. This is a very old English variety. Hogg (20) states that "It is without doubt the Margaret of Rea, Worlidge, Ray, and all our early pomologists except Miller." It has long been cultivated in this country, but only to a very limited extent. It is now rarely propagated by our nurserymen and seldom planted.

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

Margaret (Ha. M.) is a medium-sized apple with red skin. Quality: very good. Use: both kitchen and market. Season: summer. Division reporting stations: not recorded.

[Additional entry in this volume: "Early Margaret", pp. 449–449]

Early Margaret is a medium-sized apple of round form with striped or splashed (red) skin. Quality is very good; use is both kitchen and market. Season is summer. It was reported by 1 station in the Northern Division, 12 stations in the Central Division, and 9 stations in the Southern Division; the asterisk on each division figure indicates the variety is reported as adapted to more than one division.

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

RED JOANETING. Ronalds, P. 6. F., Marguerite; G., Roter Morgareten. (Eve, Lammas, Striped Quarrenden, Margaret.) Dessert, early August, small, 2¼ by 2¼, oval, slightly irregular. Colour, greenish-yellow, nearly covered with red stripes and flush. Flesh, soft, greenish-white, sub-acid. Eye, open, in a shallow, slightly ribbed basin. Stem, short and stout, in a wide, not russet cavity. Growth, moderate, making a shapely upright spreading tree; fertility great. Leaf, large, roundish, pea green, upheld and upcupped, deeply bluntly serrate or nearly crenate. Origin, probably English, dating from the seventeenth century. The second earliest of all apples. The Red Margaret is I think a red sport from this apple as it agrees in all respects save the colour is very much deeper and unstriped.

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

Planted Spring 1894. Tree a medium grower. Fruit below medium size, conical. Skin green, feebly covered with splashes of bright red. Flesh white, crisp, juicy, sprightly, acid, quality good. Season end of July to end of August.

Planted Spring 1895. Tree a vigorous grower. Fruit small, roundish, flat. Skin green, sprinkled with whitish dots. Flesh greenish yellow, juicy, mildly acid, with a pleasant flavour, quality good. Season February.

— Central Experimental Farm, Central Experimental Farm, Agassiz BC — Catalogue of Fruit Trees under Test (Bulletin No. 3, 1900) (1900)