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crisp, fine-grained, tender, juicy, brisk aromatic, subacid, very good 

 to best. All winter. 



Red June, Carolina. Supposed origin, North Carolina; tree very 

 vigorous, upright, an early and abundant bearer, highly esteemed in 

 many parts of the South and West as the best early market apple; 

 not hardy in northern Iowa. 



Red June, Carolina. 



Fruit medium or below, roundish oblong, irregular, often unequal, 

 somewhat conical; surface smooth, unctuous, almost wholly shaded 

 with deep solid red, purplish or nearly black red on sunny side with deli- 

 cate bloom; dots obscure, many, very minute, white; cavity narrow, 

 regular, acute, with slight trace of russet; stem variable; basin 

 narrow, smooth or slightly corrugated; calyx closed; segments long, 

 divergent. Core wide open, rather large; cells elliptical, abaxile, slit; 

 tube funnel-shaped; stamens marginal; seeds numerous, black 

 brown; flesh very white, tender, delicate, juicy, fine-grained, sprightly, 

 agreeable, subacid, very good. July. 



Red Queen (No. 316). Origin, Russia. 



Fruit above medium to large, regular, roundish conical; surface 

 greenish yellow, sometimes with dull reddish blush; dots large, 

 white, some with minute dark dot in centre, numerous towards the 

 basin; cavity regular, shallow, obtuse, russeted; stem short, stout; 



