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" Juneating," as applied to this apple, is quite a misnomer. Abercrombie was 

 the first who wrote it Jnne-eating, as if in allusion to the period of its maturity, 

 which is, however, not till the end of July. Dr. Johnson, in his Dictionary, 

 writes it Gineting, and says it is a corruption of Jaiieton (Fr.\ signifying Jane or 

 Janet, having been so called from a person of that name. Bay* says, " Pomum 

 Ginettinum, quod unde dictum sit me latet." Indeed, there does not seem ever to 

 have been a correct definition given of it. 



In the Middle Ages, it was customary to make the festivals of the Church periods 

 on which occurrences were to take place or events were to be named. Even in 

 the present day we hear the country people talking of some crop to be sown, or 

 some other to be planted, at Michaelmas, St. Martin's, or St. Andrew's tide. It 

 was also the practice for parents to dedicate their children to some particular 

 saint, as Jean Baptiste, on the recurrence of whose festival all who were so named 

 kept it as a holiday. So it was also in regard to fruits, which were named after 

 the day ahout which they came to maturity. Thus, we have the Margaret Apple, 

 so called from being ripe" about St. Margaret's Day, the 20th of July ; the Magda- 

 lene, or Maudlin, from St. Magdalene's Day, the 22nd of July. And in Curtiusf 

 we find the Joannina, so called, " Quod circa divi Joannis Baptistje nativitatem 

 esui sint." These are also noticed by J. B. Porta ; he says, " Est genus alteram 

 quod quia circa festum Divi Joannis maturiscit, vulgus Meb de San Giovanni 

 dicitur." And according to Tragus, % " Quse apud uos prima maturantur, Sanct 

 Johans Opffell, Latine, Praecocia mala dicuntur." 



We see, therefore, that apples were called Joannina because they ripened about 

 St. John's Day, and we have among the old French pears Amire Joannet — the 

 " Wonderful Little John," which Merlet informs us was so called because it 

 ripened about St. John's Day. If, then, we add to Joannet the termination ing, 

 so general among our names of apples, we have Joanneting. There can be no 

 doubt that this is the correct derivation of the name of this apple. 



John Apple. See Winter Greening. 



John Apple. See Northern Ch-eening. 



JOLLY BEGG-AR {Lord Orosvenor). — Fruit, ahout medium size, 

 two inches and a half wide, and two inches high ; roundish. Skin, 

 pale yellow, with an orange tinge next the sun. Eye, large and open, 

 set in a plaited basin. Stalk, half an inch long, rather deeply inserted. 

 Flesh, white, tender, juicy, sweet, briskly and pleasantly flavoured. 



A first-rate early cooking apple from August till October. The great 

 merit of this variety is its great fertility, the small bush trees producing 

 an abundance of fine yellow fruit. The tree bears very early, and is 

 one of the most useful for garden culture. 



Jones's Southampton Pippin. See Golden Winter Pearmain. 



Josephine. See Beinette Blanche d'Espagne. 



Jubilee Pippin. See Bland's Jubilee. 



KEDDLESTON PIPPIN.— Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter 

 wide, and not quite so much high ; roundish-ovate, and regularly 

 formed. Skin, of a uniform golden yellow colour, with veinings and 

 specks of russet. Eye, half open, set in a shallow plaited basin. Stalk, 

 short, thick, and fleshy. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, very juicy, sugary, and 

 aromatic. 



A first-rate dessert apple ; in use from November to March. 



* Hist. Plant., ii. 1447. t Hortorum, p. 522. J Hist., p. 1043, 



