Yellow June
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Yellow June
Origin / History
Of unknown Southern origin.
Tree
Tree vigorous, upright grower, and abundant bearer. Young wood light reddish brown, slightly downy. Buds very small.
Fruit
Size: Below medium; Lowther's table gives "medium."
Form: Roundish oblate.
Stem: Long, slender.
Cavity: Slightly russeted.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Pale yellow; Lowther's table gives the color as yellow-red.
Dots: Many, thickly sprinkled, green and brown.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh white, tender, juicy; flavor brisk, sprightly subacid. Good.
Core and seeds: Core small.
Season
June, July in the South; August at the North. Lowther's table gives summer.
Uses
Family use (Lowther).
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Lowther's table lists it as No. 34, N. Div. "i", C. Div. 2 (reported in more than one division), S. Div. blank.
Book Sources
Described in 3 period pomological works
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1901) from Illinois
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
View original book sources (3)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Yellow June. White June. Of unknown Southern origin. Tree vigorous, upright grower, and abundant bearer. Young wood light reddish brown, slightly downy, very small buds. Fruit below medium, roundish oblate, pale yellow, thickly sprinkled with green and brown dots. Stalk long, slender. Cavity slightly russeted. Flesh white, tender, juicy, brisk, sprightly subacid. Good. Core small. June, July, South. August at North.
— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)Yellow June. — Of unknown Southern origin; tree vigorous, upright; an abundant bearer.
Fruit below medium, roundish oblate, pale yellow; dots many, green and brown; cavity slightly russeted; stem long, slender. Core small; flesh white, tender, juicy, brisk, sprightly subacid, good. June, July in the South; August at the North.
— Granville Lowther (ed.), Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (1914)Yellow June (34). Size: medium. Form: roundish (oblate). Color: yellow-red. Quality: good. Use: family. Season: summer. N. Div.: "i". C. Div.: 2 (reported in more than one division). S. Div.: blank.