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Red June apple

Red June, also known as Carolina Red June, is a traditional early southern apple.  The fruit is smaller, round to round-oblong in shape with a deep red skin covering yellow fruit.  The flesh is white with red staining and has a mildly brisk taste unusual for early apples.  Historically it was used for pies and cider as well. 

Trees tend to bloom late for an early apple and are heavy bearers.  There is a tendency toward biennial bearing, and yet also has the unusual ability to rebloom later in the season and produce a second, albeit lighter, fall crop of apples.  Red June is susceptable to apple scab and cedar rust.

Red June identification images

  • Photo taken at Eastmans Antique Apples, Michigan

USDA identification images for Red June

The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.


  • Year: 1907

  • Year: 1908

  • Year: 1908

  • Year: 1908

  • Year: 1906

  • Year: 1906

  • Year: 1898

  • Year: 1914

  • Year: 1920

  • Year: 1904

Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.

Visitor reviews

  • 28 Dec 2012  NORTH CAROLINA, United States
    I have a tree of this variety in my orchard . It is very reliable and produces a good crop of smaller apples which begin to ripen in late June and lasts to the third or fourth week of July. Very good flavor for a early apple.

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Spring blossom records for this variety

2020 season

  • 13th April  2020  - tree owned by Jerry in Point Reyes Station, United States

2019 season

  • 24th April  2019  - tree owned by Jerry in Point Reyes Station, United States

2018 season

  • 22nd April  2018  - tree owned by Jerry in Point Reyes Station, United States

2017 season

  • 13th March  2017  - tree owned by Jerry in Point Reyes Station, United States

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Harvest records for this variety

2020 season

  • 2nd week July  2020  - tree owned by Jerry in Point Reyes Station, United States

2019 season

  • 4th week July  2019  - tree owned by Jerry in Point Reyes Station, United States

2018 season

  • 4th week July  2018  - tree owned by Jerry in Point Reyes Station, United States

2017 season

  • 2nd week July  2017  - tree owned by Jerry in Point Reyes Station, United States

2015 season

  • July  2015  - tree owned by Roger in Madison Heights, United States

Origins

  • Species: Malus domestica
  • Introduced: 1848

Using

  • Picking season: Very early
  • Picking season: Early
  • Cropping: Heavy Biennial cycle tendency
  • Flavor style (apples): Sweet/Sharp
  • Food uses: Culinary
  • Food uses: Hard cider
  • Food uses: Drying

Identification

  • Country of origin: United States
  • Fruit size: Small
  • Fruit size: Average
  • Fruit colour: Red over yellow

Where to buy fresh fruit

The following orchards grow Red June:

United States


Australia




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