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Margaret

syn. American Red Juneating, Cervene Marketove, d'Eve, 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, Eve Apple (Irish), Eve Apple (of Ireland), Eve Apple of the Irish, Geneting, Herr's June, Joanneting, Johaneating, Johanecating, June, Juneating Red, Juneating Rouge, Juneting, Lammas, Maddalene, Madeleine Rouge, Magdalene, Margareten Apfel, Margaretha, Margaretha Apfel, Margaretha Apfel of the Germans, Margarita, Marget, Marget Apple, Marguerite, Marguerite Rouge Precoce, Maudlin, Mela Margarita Rossa, Mugdale, Owen's Golden Beauty, Passe-Pomme d'Ete, Piros Margitalma, Pomme d'Eve, Primiting, Red Early Margaret, Red Joaneting, Red Joanneting, Red June, Red June-eating, Red Juneating, Red Juneting, Red Margaret, Reinette Quarrendon, Roter Jacobs Apfel, Roter Margareten Apfel, Roter Margaretenapfel, Roter Morgareten, Rother Jacob's, Rother Jacob's Apfel, Sommer Traveller, 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

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Originated in England. It was recorded in 1665. Fruits have soft, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early August
Flowering
11th May (10%) · 16th May (full) · 23rd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
subacid
Ribbing
ribbed at eye
Fruit size
medium
Fruit shape
tall, truncate-conic, convex to straight
Fruit width
51 mm
Over colour
much flushed and striped bright red
Russet type
russet dots
Flesh colour
greenish white
Fruit height
51 mm
Flesh texture
soft
Ground colour
greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Crown
weak-medium
Shape
Globose
Width
64.04 mm
Height
58.36 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
soft
Juiciness
dry
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
high
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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