Red June apple identification
Tree is early and heavy bearer, tendency to biennial bearing can be somewhat controlled by timely thinning and pruning. Introduced / discovered in 1848.
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Identification
- Flesh colour - White
- Fruit size - Small
- Fruit size - Medium
- Fruit shape - Round
- Fruit shape - Oblong
- Shape features - Regular, round
- Shape features - Slightly, broadly, obscurely ribbed
- Shape features (vertical view) - Lop-sided, unequal sides, irregular
- Shape uniformity - Uniform, in size and shape
- Seeds - size - Small
- Seeds - size - Medium
- Core - Abaxile / Irregular
- Core - Axile / Symmetrical
- Core - Closed
- Core - Open
- Seeds - point - Acute
- Seeds - characteristics - Abortive
- Seeds - characteristics - Dark
- Seeds - characteristics - Many
- Seeds - characteristics - Plump
- Core - carpels - Hollow cylinder at center
- Core - lines - Moderate
- Core - lines - Wide
- Core - lines meeting - Base of calyx tube
- Core - lines meeting - Sides of calyx tube
- Calyx / Sepals- Opening - Medium
- Calyx / Sepals- Opening - Large
- Calyx / Sepals - Size - Long
- Calyx / Sepals - Size - Medium
- Calyx / Sepals - Width - Narrow
- Calyx / Sepals - Width - Medium
- Calyx Tube - Shape - Conic
- Calyx Tube - Shape - Funnel
- Calyx Tube - Length - Long
- Calyx Tube - Length - Medium
- Calyx Tube - Length - Short
- Calyx Tube - Size - Large
- Calyx Tube - Size - Medium
- Calyx Tube - Size - Small
- Calyx Tube - Stamen - Marginal
- Calyx Tube - Stamen - Median
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Leafy
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Pubescent
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Green with brown tips
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Closed
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Partially Open
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Convergent
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Connivent
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Erect
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Reflexed
- Russet - Present
- Russet - Not present
- Russet % coverage - Low
- Russet % coverage - Absent
- Russet details - Capillary lines, Netting, Veins, Webbing
- Russet details - Dots, Patches, Spots
- Russet details - In stem cavity
- All green or yellow - Other colors present
- Skin color (when ripe) - Red
- Skin color (when ripe) - Yellow (+/or) Green with some Red (+/or) Pink
- Skin color (when ripe) - Red (+/or) Purple to nearly Black
- Skin blush - Present
- Skin blush (color) - Red to Deep Red into Dark Purple
- Scarf skin - Not present
- Suture lines - Not present
- Bloom - Not present
- Skin waxy or greasy - No waxiness or greasiness present
- Skin feel - Moderate smoothness, moderate shine
- Skin feel - Smooth
- Stripes - Stripes present
- Stripes - No stripes
- Stripes (details) - Lined stripes
- Stripes (details) - Washed - faded
- Stripes (color) - Dark Red
- Stripes (color) - Red
- Stem (length) - Variable
- Stem (length) - Medium
- Stem (length) - Long
- Stem (thickness) - Variable
- Stem (thickness) - Slender
- Stem (thickness) - Medium
- Stem cavity (russet) - Little, light russet
- Stem cavity (russet) - Russeted or can be Russet-free
- Stem (position) - Slightly Oblique
- Stem (position) - Upright
- Stem (details) - Curved
- Stem (details) - Knobby, Clubbed
- Stem (color) - Brown
- Stem (color) - Green
- Stem Cavity (protruberances) - Flat, Smooth
- Stem Cavity (protruberances) - Compressed
- Stem Cavity (side view depth) - Variable
- Stem Cavity (side view depth) - Shallow
- Stem Cavity (side view depth) - Medium
- Stem Cavity (side view depth) - Deep
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Brown
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Red
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Russet
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Shiny, Smooth
- Stem Cavity (slope to stem) - Steep, Acuminate slope
- Stem Cavity (slope to stem) - Acute, Medium Slope
- Stem Cavity (top view orientation) - Oblique - slanted to one side
- Stem Cavity (top view orientation) - Symmetrical
- Stem Cavity (top view width) - Moderate, Medium width
- Stem Cavity (top view width) - Narrow
- Basin skin - Red
- Basin skin - Yellow
- Basin skin - Shiny, Smooth
- Basin skin - Green
- Basin width - Narrow
- Basin russet - Little, light russet
- Basin russet - Usually Russet free
- Basin (top view) - Uneven, Oblique, Slanted
- Basin (top view) - Symmetrical, Round
- Basin (side view slope to eye) - Obtuse, gradual slope to eye
- Basin (side view slope to eye) - Variable
- Basin (side view slope to eye) - Flat or rounded to calyx
- Basin (side view depth) - Shallow
- Basin (protruberances) - Smooth, flat
- Basin (protruberances) - Beaded, Mammiform
- Basin (protruberances) - Undulate, Furrowed, Wavy, Puckered
- Basal lobes - Not present
- Dots (description) - Tan / Cream
- Dots (description) - White
- Dots (numbers) - Numerous
- Dots (size) - Small
- Dots (skin lenticels) - Conspicuous, prominent, distinct
- Dots (skin lenticels) - Lenticels conspicuous
- Dots (skin lenticels) - Inconspicuous, not prominent
- Dots (spread) - Enter the stem cavity
- Dots (spread) - Equally spread
- Dots (spread) - From Basin lessening toward Cavity
- Flesh (staining) - Red or Pink
- Flesh (staining) - Not present
- Flesh (texture) - Tender, Soft, Melting
- Flesh (texture) - Crisp, Breaking into chuncks
- Flesh (grain) - Fine
- Flesh (juiciness) - Juicy or Very Juicy
Using
- Uses - Cooking
- Uses - Hard cider
- Uses - Drying
- Flavour quality - Very good
- Flavour quality - Good
- Flavour style - Sweet/Sharp
- Flavour style - Sharp / refreshing
- Harvest period - Very early season
- Harvest period - Early season
- Only sweet flavor - Tart, sub-acid, or bitter flavor detected
Growing
- Flowering period - Early season
- Fruit bearing - Spur-bearer
- First planted - Before 1950