Queen Caroline
AppleQUEEN CAROLINE
Origin / History
QUEEN CAROLINE was raised by Mr. T. Brown, a nurseryman of Measham, near Ashby-de-la-Zouch, about 1820. It was named after the much discussed Queen. Bunyard also records the names Spencer's Favourite and Brown's Queen Caroline for the variety.
Tree
Growth moderate; fertile. Leaf rather large, dark green, round oval, regularly serrate, upfolded, undulating. The tree makes a good standard and bears well when grown in that form.
Fruit
Size: Fairly large, 3 by 2¾.
Form: Flattened round, regular.
Stem: Medium, in a rather deep cavity.
Cavity: Rather deep, holding a medium stem.
Calyx: Eye large, open.
Basin: Wide and even, the eye open in it.
Skin: Color pale greenish-yellow.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh firm, juicy, yellow.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Culinary, till December.
Uses
A good cooker. Culinary use only is recorded for the fruit.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 2 catalogs (1900–1911) from England
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
- James Veitch & Sons , Ltd., Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, London (also Coombe Wood, Langley, and Feltham) , England — 1911
View original book sources (1)
— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)QUEEN CAROLINE. (Spencer's Favourite, Brown's Queen Caroline.) Culinary, till December, fairly large, 3 by 2¾, flattened round, regular. Colour, pale greenish-yellow. Flesh, firm, juicy, yellow. Eye, large, open in a wide even basin. Stem, medium, in a rather deep cavity. Growth, moderate ; fertile. Leaf, rather large, dark green, round oval, regularly serrate, upfolded, undulating. Origin, raised by Mr. T. Brown, a nurseryman of Measham, near Ashby-de-la-Zouch, about 1820, and named after the much discussed Queen. A good cooker, makes a good standard and bears well thus.