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Skin nearly smooth, dull green, often becoming good deep yellow, largely 

 overspread with a dull deep red, obscurely striped with darker red. Dot* 

 generally small, russet, inconspicuous ; sometimes medium and whitish. 



Calyx tube medium, conical, sometimes funnel-form. Stamens median to 

 nearly basal. 



Core usually axile, usually closed; core lines slightly clasping. Carpels 

 broadly ovate, deeply emarginate, tufted; not always well developed. Seeds 

 few and variable, not always well developed; if plump they are long, rather 

 narrow, acute, tufted. 



Flesk tinged with yellow, very firm, moderately fine-grained, rather tender, 

 moderately juicy, subacid, crisp, good. 



Season December to May. 



ARKANSAS BEAUTY. 



REFERENCES, i. Stinson. Ark. Sta. Bui., 60:124. 1899. 2. Bailey, An. 

 Hort., 1892:234. 3. Budd-Hansen, 1903:40. 4. Powell and Fulton, U. S. B. 

 P. I. Bui, 48:36. 1903. 



The Arkansas Beauty is a variety of Arkansas origin. Stinson (i) says 

 that it is grown to some extent in a few sections of that state but has not 

 proven valuable. As grown in this latitude the fruit does not always attain 

 good color or good quality. 



TREE. 



Tree vigorous ; branches long, stout, crooked. Form wide spreading with 

 a rather open top. Ttng.y rather long, moderately stout, often crooked ; inter- 

 nodes usually short. Bark olive-green with reddish-brown markings, dull, 

 mottled thickly with scarf-skin; somewhat pubescent. Lenticels rather scatter- 

 ing, roundish or somewhat oblong, medium size to rather small. Buds large 

 to medium, plump, rather obtuse, pubescent. Leaves rather long and narrow. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit above medium. Form roundish inclined to conic. Stem long to 

 medium, rather slender. Cavity small, acute, deep, broad, nearly symmetrical, 

 slightly furrowed. Calyx medium, closed or partly open, pubescent. Basin 

 small, medium in depth and width, rather abrupt, somewhat furrowed. 



Skin tough, smooth, rather glossy, pale green or yellow, blushed with pinkish- 

 red, and marked with rather faint stripes of carmine. 



Calyx tube long, funnel-shaped. 



Core open. Carpels much concave, broadly roundish, emarginate inclined 

 to obcordate, tufted. Seeds numerous, dark, medium or below, rather wide, 

 plump, obtuse. 



Flesh slightly tinged with yellow, firm, rather fine, moderately crisp, tender, 

 juicy, mild subacid, good. 



ARKANSAS BLACK. 



REFERENCES, i. Van Deman, U. S. Agr. Rpt., 1886:268. col. pi. &- fig. 2. 

 Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:234. 3. Stinson, Ark. Sta. Bui., 43:103. 1896. 4. Ib. 

 Bui., 49:7. 1898. 5. Ib. Bui., 60:126. 1899. 6. Kan. Sta. Bui., 106:51. 1902. 

 7. Budd-Hansen. 1903:40. 8. Powell and Fulton, U. S. B. P. I. Bui., 48:36. 

 1903. 9. Thomas, 1897:272. fig. Ib., 1903:322, 690, 708. 



