THE APPLE. 
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Early Red Margaret. Thomp. Lind. 
Margaret, or Striped Juneating. Ronalds. 
Early Red Juneating. Striped Juneating. 
Red Juneating. Eve Apple of the Irish. 
Margaretha Apfel, or the Germans. 
An excellent early apple, ripening about tbe 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 
medium size, 
roundish-ovate, 
tapering towards 
the eye. Skin 
greenish yellow, 
pretty well cover- 
ed by stripes of 
dark red. Stalk 
short and thick. 
Calyx closed, and 
placed in a very 
shallow plaited 
basin. Flesh 
white, sub-acid, 
and when freshly 
gathered from the 
tree, of a rich 
agreeable flavour. Red M^gwet. 
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. 
Equinetely. 
Ne Plus Ultra. Sol. Carter. 
A beautiful fruit of southern origin. Specimens received from 
Wm. N. White, Athens, and J. Van Beuren, Clarksville, Ga. 
Fruit very large, oblate, angular, or furrowed. Skin yellowish, 
mostly shaded with deep crimson, and thickly sprinkled with 
large, lightish dots. Stalk very short, inserted in a very large 
cavity, surrounded by russet. Calyx open, in a broad, deep, 
corrugated basin, which has a downy lining. Flesh yellowish, 
fine grained, for a large apple, very tender, very juicy, almost 
melting with a very refreshing vinous flavour ; an excellent fruit 
October, November. (See note, p. 175.) 
