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over a yellow ground color. In dessert quality it is good to very good, with a 

 crisp, juicy, rather fine-grained flesh. Its season at Kevil, Ky., is the last of 

 August and the first half of September. 



The vigor and productiveness of the tree and the quality of its fruit make it 

 a promising variety of its season for the Gulf Coastal Plains and the Interior 

 Low Plateau regions of Kentucky. 

 Archibald. 



The Archibald is an excellent sweet apple which originated at Alpha, Tenn.. 

 about 1872 (70), and it has been propagated to a slight extent. 



The fruit is large, somewhat oblong, as dark crimson as the King David, and 

 very attractive. The flesh is fine grained, juicy, and rich in flavor. Its season 

 in northeastern Tennessee is July and August. For those who wish a sweet 



Fig. 19. — Original tree of the Anderson apple, at Kevil, Ky. Photographed August 30, 1913. 



apple, it seems deserving of wider recognition than it has received, because of 



its coloring and rich flavor. 



Arkansas. Synonym : Mammoth Black Twig. 



The Arkansas variety belongs to the Winesap group. It has been planted 

 commercially in all regions of this area. 



The tree is healthy, very vigorous, spreading, and an open grower, with very 

 strong branches. Figure 20 shows a 6-year-old tree of the Paragon variety 

 which was indistinguishable from Arkansas. The foliage is thrifty, dark green 

 in color, and rarely, if ever, affected by cedar rust. The fruit is large, some- 

 times becomes very large, and is oblate in shape. It is usually well colored, 

 sometimes almost entirely overspread with dull, deep crimson. The flesh is 

 very firm and crisp. It is good in quality, and its season is late winter even 

 when grown in southern Tennessee. 



Because of the uniformly vigorous, healthy tree, the excellent keeping quality 

 of its fruit, and its good flavor, it is well liked. It would probably become one 



