Mildly Sweet Slight Tart
USDA Zones: 7–9
Non-Self-Pollinating
Bloom Time-Mid-Late-season
 
Synonyms: Blush June, Georgia June, Knight’s Red June, Red Harvest, Jones June, Jones Early Harvest, Summer Red, Everbearing Red June, Red June, Red Juneating, Carolina Red, Improved Red June, Sheepnose Crab, Wilsons Red June, Carolina June
 
Fruit small to medium size, roundish slightly conical, pale yellow skin washed in dark red with small dark lenticels. Tender, Juicy, Brisk, Sub-Acid Flavor, Short Keeper about 3-4 weeks. Another late bloomer which protects blooms in the spring. Fruit ripen staggered over a few weeks. Tree will produce two crops in a season some years. Best known as a early pie quality apple. Origins are in North Carolina best described in 1848, however nurseries had listed it under various known synonyms in earlier published newspapers. Ripe June-July
 
Use: Fresh/Cooking/Cider
Storage: Short Keeper up to 1 Month
Scion Credit: Maple Valley Orchards
Ripe in June/July
Est. Chill Requirement: Approx. 600