56 APPLES AND PEACHES IN" THE OZARK REGION. 



Arkansas River. The tree makes a strong, healthy growth and is not especially subject 

 to disease. The fruit when grown under conditions to which it is well adapted is 

 large, oblong; color yellow, often with blush; flesh yellowish white, tender, crisp; 

 flavor sprightly subacid, aromatic; quality when grown in sections where it is well 

 adapted very good; season winter in the North, but here it is harvested and marketed 

 for immediate use during the last of August and early September. On the Pacific 

 coast it is marketed as soon as it is picked, to some extent for immediate use, but it 

 is also stored for early winter markets. 



As grown in the Ozarks, however, the color is usually a pale lemon yellow and the 

 flavor, which is distinctly characteristic in some sections to which the variety is 

 especially well adapted, loses its sprightliness and aromatic qualities and becomes a 

 sharp acid without much distinctive varietal flavor. 'While it has been quite pro- 

 ductive and is considered profitable in a few instances, it produces light crops as a rule 

 and has little to commend it for planting in this region. Both tree and fruit are 

 usually quite free from disease, and in some regions of the country the tree has been 

 found a desirable one to use as a stock for top-working. 

 Yellow Newtown. Synonym: Albemarle Pippin. 



This variety, which is especially prominent in certain districts on the Pacific coast 

 and in Virginia in particular locations, occurs in a very few orchards in northwestern 

 Arkansas. It calls for only a brief mention in the present connection. The exacting 

 requirements of this variety in order for it to develop to a high degree of perfection 

 are well known. From such evidence as is available it is apparent that they are not 

 afforded in the Ozark region to a sufficient extent to warrant the planting of it. While 

 the few trees of this variety which have been observed are in a fairly good condition, 

 have made a moderately good growth, and apparently bear considerable fruit in some 

 seasons, it has poor keeping qualities, is small, subject to bitter-rot and other diseases, 

 and does not reach that perfection of "finish" which is particularly essential in this 

 variety. 

 Yellow Transparent. 



Since this variety was introduced from Russia in 1870 by the Department of Agri- 

 culture it has become very widely distributed and is now grown more or less in a large 

 proportion of the apple-producing regions of the country. Aside from being a variety 

 which reaches a fairly high degree of perfection under a very wide range of conditions 

 and being of moderately good quality both for cooking and for dessert purposes, its 

 strongest point of popularity doubtless rests upon its earliness of maturity. In fact, 

 were it not for its early date of maturity it is doubtful if it would ever have become 

 generally popular on account of the susceptibility of the tree to blight and the weak 

 growth which it makes except under very favorable conditions. Its season of ' ' market- 

 ripe" condition is the earliest of any widely grown variety, and local sorts are pro- 

 duced which ripen earlier in only a comparatively few sections. 



Summer apples do not constitute an important part of the Ozark apple industry at 

 present, and comparatively few growers have the Yellow Transparent in their orchards, 

 though it perhaps occurs as frequently as any other early variety. In a few instances 

 quite heavy plantings have been made. 



The tree comes into bearing very early, and for this reason it is often used as a filler 

 between permanent trees. Normally it bears regular and prolific crops. The fruit 

 is medium or above in size; color, beautiful clear yellowish white, often assuming a 

 waxy appearance; subacid; good to very good. Its season in the Ozarks is the middle 

 to the last of June or early July, depending upon the section in which it is grown. 



As already stated, the tree generally makes a rather weak growth. This is usual 



also under Ozark conditions. While in some seasons in this region but very little 



blight occurs it is very serious other years, destroying not only the twigs but the 



fruit spurs and even the larger branches in some cases. If it were not for blight this 



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