No. 4. Summer Queen
AppleNo. 4. Summer Queen
Origin & History
No. 4. Summer Queen is known by the name of Swetts Harvest in many parts of New-Jersey.
Tree
The tree is of very luxuriant growth, with large leaves and hanging boughs. It is a great and constant bearer.
Fruit
No. 4. Summer Queen is an apple of the finest quality, with an appearance that is uncommonly beautiful. The size is large. The skin has a fine rich yellow ground, mixed with red, handsomely striped and clouded; sometimes the red is in proportion greater than the yellow. The blossom end is much pointed and full of little furrows and protuberances. The stalk is long and planted in a deep cavity, with projections of the flesh around the stalk, like the Roman stem. The flesh is rich, yellow, and highly scented.
Uses
No. 4. Summer Queen is equally suited for eating and stewing.
Season
No. 4. Summer Queen is not fully ripe until the beginning of August, but can be used for stewing long before that time.
Book Sources
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— William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)NO. 4. SUMMER QUEEN.
The Summer queen is an apple of the finest quality, and its appearance is uncommonly beautiful. The size is large; the skin has a fine rich yellow ground, mixed with red, handsomely striped and clouded, sometimes in a proportion greater than the yellow; the blossom end is much pointed, and full of little furrows and protuberances; the stalk is long, and planted in a deep cavity, with projections of the flesh around the stalk, like the Roman stem; the flesh is rich, yellow, and highly scented, equally suited for eating and stewing. It is not fully ripe until the beginning of August, but can be used for stewing long before that time: the tree is of a very luxuriant growth, with large leaves and hanging boughs: it is a great and constant bearer; it is known by the name of Swetts Harvest in many parts of New-Jersey.