221. MARGARET.—Rea.
- Identification.—[Rea. Pom.] 209. [Raii. Hist.] ii. 1447. [Lang. Pom.] 134, t. lxxiv. fig. 1. [Rog. Fr. Cult.] 30. [Fors. Treat.] 114.
- Synonymes.—Early Red Margaret, [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 425. [Lind. Guide], 8. [Down. Fr. Amer.] 73. Early Red Juneating, [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 1, 504. Red Juneating, acc. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] Striped Juneating, Ibid. ed. 1, 506. Early Striped Juneating, Ibid. Striped Quarrenden, Ibid, ed. 1, 823. Summer Traveller, Ibid, 1083. Eve Apple, In Ireland, acc. Robertson in [Hort. Trans.] iii. 452. Early Margaret, acc. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] Marget-Apple, Meager. Eng. Gard. Maudlin, [Switz. Fr. Gard.] 135. Magdalene, [Gibs. Fr. Gard.] 352. Marguerite, acc. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] Lammas, acc. [Fors. Treat.]
- Figures.—[Pom. Mag.] t. 46. [Ron. Pyr. Mal.] pl. vi. f. 1.
Fruit, medium sized; roundish-ovate, and narrowing towards the eye, where it is angular. Skin, greenish-yellow on the shaded side; but bright-red next the sun, striped all over with darker red, and strewed with grey russety dots. Eye, half open, and prominent; with long, broad, erect segments, surrounded with a number of puckered knobs. Stalk, short and thick, about half-an-inch long, inserted in a small, and shallow cavity. Flesh, greenish-white, brisk, juicy, and vinous, with a pleasant and very refreshing flavor.
A first-rate early dessert apple; it is ripe in the beginning of August, but does not keep long, being very liable to become meally. To have it in perfection, it is well to gather it a few days before it ripens on the tree, and thereby secure its juicy, and vinous flavor.
The tree does not attain a large size, being rather a small grower. It is a good bearer, more so than the Joanneting, and is quite hardy, except in light soils, when it is liable to canker. It is well adapted for growing as dwarfs, either for potting or being trained as an espalier, when grafted on the paradise, or pomme paradis stock.
This is a very old English apple. It is without doubt the Margaret of Rea, Worldige, Ray, and all our early pomologists except Miller; Mr. Lindley, however, is of a different opinion, for he believes the Margaret of Miller to be identical with that of Ray. That this variety is the Margaret of Rea, his description is sufficient evidence. “The Margaret or Magdelen Apple is a fair and beautiful fruit, yellow, and thick striped with red, early ripe, of a delicate taste, sweet flavor, and best eaten off the tree.” Ray gives no description of it, but it is only reasonable to suppose, that it is this variety he refers to, seeing it is the Margaret of all authors both immediately preceeding, and subsequent to him. And indeed in no instance is that of Miller noticed by any English author, but himself, anterior to Mr. Lindley.
222. MARGIL.—Hook.
- Identification.—[Hook. Pom. Lond.] [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 428. [Lind. Guide], 53. [Down. Fr. Amer.] 117. [Thomp.] in [Gard. Chron.] 1847, p. 116.
- Synonymes.—Margill. [Fors. Treat.] 114. [Rog. Fr. Cult.] 48. Never Fail, [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 1, 629. Munches Pippin, Ibid. 623. Small Ribston, [M.C.H.S.]
- Figures.—[Hook. Pom. Lond.] t. 33. [Pom. Mag.] t. 36. [Ron. Pyr. Mal.] pl. xii. f. 4.
Fruit, small, two inches and an eighth wide, and the same in height; conical, distinctly five sided, with acute angles on the side, which terminate at the crown in five prominent ridges. Skin, orange, streaked with deep red, and covered on one side with patches of russet. Eye, small and closed, compressed as it were between the angles of the basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, slender, and rather deeply inserted in a round, and russety cavity. Flesh, yellow, firm, juicy, rich, and sugary, with a powerful, and delicious aromatic flavor.