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THE EARLY RED MARGARET APPLE. 



The Margaret Apple. Langley's Pomona, t. 74, /. 1. 

 Early Red Margaret. Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. p. 129. 



Early Margaret ~\ 



Red Juneating > of various Gardens. 



Early Striped Juneating... . J 

 Eve Apple, of the Irish Gardens. 



Margaretha Apfel 1 rf ^ Germans. 



Rother Jacobs Apfel > 



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 stipulee. 



FLOWERS in large dense clusters, cream- 

 coloured, slightly tinged with red. 



