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Margaret
type: Dessert
synonyms: American Red Juneating, Duverson's June, Early June, Early Margaret, Early Red, Early Red Jeneting, Early Red Jenetting, Early Red Juneating, Early Red Margaret, Early Striped Jeneting, Early Striped Jenetting, Early Striped Juneating, Eve, Eve Apple, Geneting, Joanneting, June, Juneating Red, Juneting, Owen's Golden Beauty, Red Early Margaret, Red Joaneting, Red Joanneting, Red June, Red June-eating, Red Juneating, Red Juneting, Red Margaret, Striped Early Jeneting, Striped Joaneting, Striped Joanneting, Striped Joannetting, Striped June, Striped Juneating, Striped Quarenden, Striped Quarendon, Striped Quarrenden, Striped Quarrendon, Striped Quatford, Summer Pippin, Summer Traveller, Virginia June, White Juneating
summary: Dating from the 1600s, this eating apple is ready to pick in mid-summer.
identification: Small size, round and flattened ends, sometimes slightly conic. The skin is glossy and yellow, pale greenish on the shaded face and often flushed orange on the sun-exposed face. The stem is long, slender and set in a shallow, russetted cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, crisp, juicy and brisk. However, it is best picked before fully ripe for the best texture and flavour. The apple tends to become mealy within a short time. Sweet and somewhat flavoured.
uses: An early eating apple.
origins: Originated in England before the 1600s and first mentioned in John Rea's "Flora: Seu, De Florum Cultura" published in 1665. There is no record of its parentage.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright tree. Bears fruit on spurs. Produces good crops. Adapts well to pots.
cold storage: Does not keep well, tending to become mealy within a few days of being harvested.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to scab.
harvest: A very early apple, it is ready for harvest in the first half of the second period.
notes: Described by John Rea in the 1665 edition of "Flora, Seu, De Florum Cultura" as "The Margaret, Magdalen Apple, is a fair and beautiful fruit, yellow and thick striped with red, early ripe, of a delicate taste, sweet scent, and best eaten off the tree, and therefore most fit for a wall."
pollination group: E
pollination peak: 16
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
harvest period: 2
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