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VARIETY APPLE ORCHARD
Arlington Farm

Variety: <s>Melo</s>* Annurco

Pomology No. 28434 (4326);

Orchard location: Section F  Row 1 - 2  Tree 3

Arlington Accession No. 4326  (See also Acc. Nos. 4327 and 4328) (over)
S.P.I. No. 9469 (4326)

Year: 1922
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Year: 1923
Date Picked: 10/12
Pomology Number: 104264

Year: 1924
Date Picked: 10/28
Pomology Number: 105989

Year: 1925
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Year: 1926
Date Picked: 10/2
Pomology Number: 108473

Year: 1927
Date Picked: 9/28
Pomology Number: 109598

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 - 5/1, 20% buds open; 5/6 full - but very light bloom.
1925 - 4/15, 90% buds open; 4/20 past full.
1926 - 4/30, 50% buds open
1927 -

Remarks: * Melo means simply apple of apple tree - Name
of the variety apparently is Annurco. Received
through Lathrop & Fairchild from Prof. L. Savastano, Naples.
Italy.  3/14/03.  Fairchild says of it: Leading market
apple of region about Naples. A showy red apple
with yellow streaks.  Nas an unusually high
flavor for a variety grown so far South.
In 1923 it was said to resemble somewhat a very highly
colored Salome apple.

Characterization:
Size medium or above; form variable - roundish conic
to distinctly oblong conic; sometimes halves unequal, lopsided,
compressed.  Ground color yellow, nearly covered
with bright pinkish red; indistinct striping where
not fully colored; thin flecking of buttermmilk over most
of surface; the blending of colors makes a peculiar
appearing but rather attractive apple.  Dots mostly
absent about base but moderatley numerous and
rather conspicuous about apex.  Cavity- deep, abrupt;
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