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flavour. The young trees of moderate vigour, with scarcely 

 diverging shoots. Manning errs by following Coxe in calling 

 this a flat apple. 



8. EARLY RED MARGARET. Thomp. Lind. 



Red Juneating. 



Margaret, or Striped Juneating. Remolds. 



Early Red Juneating. 



Eve Apple of the Irish. 



Striped Juneating. 



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 upright woolly shoots. It is a moderate 

 bearer. 



Fruit below me- 

 dium size, round- 

 ish-ovate, tapering 

 towards the eye. 

 Skin greenish yel- 

 low, pretty well 

 covered by stripes 

 of dark red. Stalk 

 short and thick. 

 Calyx closed, and 

 placed in a very 

 shallow plaited ba- 

 sin. Flesh white, 

 sub-acid, and when 

 freshly gathered 

 from the tree, of a 

 rich agreeable fla- 

 _ vour. 



Fig. 27. Early Red Margaret. This is distinct 



from the Margaret Apple, of Miller, the Red Juneating of some 

 of our gardens, which resembles it, but is round, with a short 

 slender stalk, and dull yellow skin striped with orange red on 

 one side, the fruit fragrant and the leaves very downy. 



9. EARLY STRAWBERRY APPLE. () 



American Red Juneating ? 



Red Juneating, erroneously, of some American gardens. 



A beautiful variety which is said to have originated in the 

 neighbourhood of New-York, and appears in the markets there 

 about the middle of July. Its sprightly flavour, agreeable per- 

 fume, and fine appearance, place it among the very finest sum- 



