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VARIETY APPLE ORCHARD
Arlington Farm

Variety: New England Pigeon

Pomology No. 28468

Orchard location: Section F  Row 7  Tree 3

Arlington Accession No. 4352
S.P.I. 6756

Year: 1922 
Date Picked: 8/19 
Pomology Number: 102293

Year: 1923
Date Picked: 9/8
Pomology Number: 103898

Year: 1924
Date Picked: 8/29
Pomology Number: 105188

Year: 1925
Date Picked: 9/1
Pomology Number: 106743

Year: 1926
Date Picked: -
Pomology Number: -

Year: 1927
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Year: 1928
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Year: 1929
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Year: 1930
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Year: 1931
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Blossom dates:
1924 - 5/2, full bloom - very light bloom
1925 - 4/15, 90% buds open; 4/20 past full.
1926 -
1927 -

Remarks: Received 3/20/03 from Ferguson & Son
Camden, New South Wales. Original stock
grown on Potomac Flats as Pom. No. 21732. Scions
used in propagating Arlington Farm trees from these
nursery trees.  Recorded as Pom. No. 28468

Characterization: Good size, in general fairly regular
except indistinct ribbing; sometimes lopsided
Roundish conic or slightly oblong conic.
Ground color greenish white, most of surface
overspread with a peculiar shade of pink, with
heavy whitish bloom, giving a sort of grayish
pink cast - peculiar in its appearance. Flesh
nearly white - possibly lightly tinged yellow, - in
1924, moderately fine grain, tough, relatively dry - in
1925, firm, juicy, sweet, fairly rich, pretty good.
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