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VARIETY APPLE ORCHARD
Arlington Farm

Variety: Imperial Rambo (Summer Rambo)

Orchard location: Section G  Row 7-8  Tree 2

Arlington Accession No. 6314 (Pom. No.40479)

Year: 1922 
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Year: 1923
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Year: 1924
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Year: 1925
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Year: 1926
Date Picked: 8/27
Pomology Number: 107800

Year: 1927
Date Picked: 8/19
Pomology Number: 109362

Year: 1928
Date Picked: 8/14
Pomology Number: 110273

Year: 1929
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Year: 1930
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Year: 1931
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Blossom dates:
1924 - 5/2, 90% buds open; 5/6, past full
1925 - 4/15, 40% buds open; 4/20, past full
1926 - 4/30, 25% buds open
<s>1927</s>1928 - 4/25, first bloom; 5/1, 95% buds open.

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scions from
W. N. Irwin
3/9/08 from
private collection
in Eckington
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Remarks: Accession records indicate this variety was
received as Imperial Rambo but the fruit as
received each of the 3 years was labeled Summer
Rambo. When, or by what authority (if any) the
name was changed is not now clear (3/1/42)
However, it was apparently of Summer Rambo type
[Characterization:]and likely somebody's supposed strain
of that variety. Sept. 3, 1926 it was noted that
specimens of this lot were smaller than of other
Summer Rambo lots examined; are immature
in appearance, greenish in color with practically
no striping, and they had an immature taste
but texture soft, and seemingly physiologically
ripe. Lacking the usual high quality of Summer
Rambo, but very juicy. Sept 2, 1927, it was
noted that fruit of this lot was comparable
in size with Acc. No. 6296; 6327 also mentioned.
All 3 lots composed of fruit from good size to large.
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