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VARIETY APPLE ORCHARD
Arlington Farm

Variety: Illinois Favorite

Orchard location: Section G  Row 23-24  Tree 3
(See J:3-4:5 Acc. No. 7207, also Ill. Favorite)

Arlington Accession No. 6359
(Pom. No. 40540)

Year: 1922 
Date Picked: 10/26
Pomology Number: 102873

Year: 1923
Date Picked: 11/1
Pomology Number: 104353

Year: 1924
Date Picked: 10/28
Pomology Number: 106012

Year: 1925
Date Picked: 10/12
Pomology Number: 107101

Year: 1926
Date Picked: 10/13
Pomology Number: 108314

Year: 1927
Date Picked: 
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Year: 1928
Date Picked: 
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Year: 1929
Date Picked: 
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Year: 1930
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Year: 1931
Date Picked: 
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Blossom dates:
1924 - 5/2, full bloom
1925 - 4/15, little past full bloom
1926 - 4/30, full bloom - petals dropping
1927 - 4/12, 50% buds open.
1928 - 4/20, first bloom; 4/25, 35% buds open; 5/1, full bloom.

Remarks: Scions received 3/13/08 from private collection of W. N. Irwin.
On specimen label of 6359 for 1923, I noted
conviction that this and J:4:5 were identical
and that they were both Minkler. In 1924,
I thought it was Nero (HPG). Same conviction
stated in 1926. See other notes on Acc. No. 6359 under Nero.

Characterization: Comment in 1925 comparing these
specimens with Vandevere follow: *** the
specimens could be taken for Vandevere easier
than not.  There are specimens of each so much
alike in their exteriors that it would be exceedingly 
difficult to separate them. Vandevere tends to be
indistinctly ribbed; Illinois Favorite is very
regular. The red over markings on Vandevere suggest
striping and splashing, on Ill. Fav. they are narrow
pencilings. The dots of Vandevere tend to be stellate,
on Ill. Fav. they are roundish points surrounded
by yellow areole markings. The flesh color of
Ill. Fav. is a little deeper yellow, a little coarser
grained, and not quite as rich as Vandevere (over)

        