PLATE LXIII. 
2. EARLY JULIAN. 
[Syn : Tom Montgomery .] 
The origin of this apple is lost. It is supposed to be a Scotch apple. 
Description. —Fruit: medium sized, two inches and three quarters wide, and two inches and a 
quarter high ; roundish, slightly flattened, and prominently ribbed from the eye downwards to the 
base. Skin : smooth, pale yellow, with an orange tint next the sun, strewed all over with minute 
dots and a few whitish specks. Eye : closed, with broad segments, and set in a deep, irregular and 
angular basin. Stalk : short, not extending beyond the base, and inserted in a deep and angular 
cavity. Flesh : yellowish white, crisp, very juicy, and with a brisk, pleasant, and balsamic flavour. 
An excellent early culinary apple of first rate quality, ripe the second week in August. 
It might be called the Slimmer Hawthorden , since it equals that esteemed old variety in all 
its good properties. Mr. Lewis A. Killick says, “ If limited to one tree I should select Early Julian. 
You may begin to use them when they are the size of walnuts, and having been twice over the 
trees for culinary purposes, you can leave some good yellow fruit, with a brisk pleasant flavour, for 
dessert.” 
The tree is healthy and hardy, but does not grow strongly. It is a good bearer, and well 
adapted for growing in small gardens as a bush tree. Asa standard, its tendency to bear very heavy 
crops is against it. 
