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VARIETY APPLE ORCHARD
Arlington Farm

Variety: McLee (McLee's Mammoth)

Orchard location: Section H  Row 1-2  Tree 1

Arlington Accession No. 6367 (A Summer Rambo - Grosh Wester Beauty mix-up)
Pom. No. 40548

Year: 1922 
Date Picked: 9/1
Pomology Number: 102484

Year: 1923
Date Picked: 10/9
Pomology Number: 104129

Year: 1924
Date Picked: -
Pomology Number: -

Year: 1925
Date Picked: -
Pomology Number: -

Year: 1926
Date Picked: 9/7
Pomology Number: 107949

Year: 1927
Date Picked: -
Pomology Number: -

Year: 1928
Date Picked: 8/22
Pomology Number: 110328

Year: 1929
Date Picked: 
Pomology Number:

Year: 1930
Date Picked: 
Pomology Number:

Year: 1931
Date Picked: 
Pomology Number:

Blossom dates:
1924 - 4/28, 20% buds open; 5/2, full bloom
1925 - no bloom
1926 - 4/30, 90% buds open - very like Summer Rambo
<s>1927</s> 1928 - 4/26, first bloom; 5/1, full bloom

Remarks: Acc. Record shows
this was received as McLee's Mammoth (Mich Bul 31)
Apparently through misreading a record or label
fruit from Arlington was received in 1922 & 1923
labeled McLee's Mammoth. In 1926 & 1928 it was
labeled Western Beauty with no explanation of, or
<s>Characterization:</s> reference made to the change.
In 1926, under name Western Beauty, it was
compared with Summer Rambo - very similar
to it in appearance, but not as high quality
as Summer Rambo.  In 1928, still under
the name Western Beauty it was characterized
as follows:
In general form considerably like Summer
Rambo, ground color greenish, with slight
yellow cast; considerable grayish overspread
Occasionally a faint suggestion of striping. (over)

        