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VARIETY APPLE ORCHARD
Arlington Farm

Variety:  Arkansas Beauty

Orchard location: Section A Row 1-2 Tree 4

Arlington Accession No. 1800
Pom. No. 24218

Year: 1922 
Date Picked: 8/29
Pomology Number: 102483

Year: 1923
Date Picked: 9/28
Pomology Number: 104136

Year: 1923
Date Picked: 10/26 (2d pick)
Pomology Number: 104320

Year: 1924
Date Picked: 10/8
Pomology Number: 105672

Year: 1925
Date Picked: 10/14
Pomology Number: 107082

Year: 1926
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Year: 1927
Date Picked: 9/28
Pomology Number: 109578

Year: 1928
Date Picked:
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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 - 4/29  25% buds open. 5/3 full bloom
1925 - 4/13  20% buds open. 4/16 90% buds open
1926 - 4/28 center buds open
1927

Remarks:
1923.  10/13 Noted close reemblance to Ark. Black
1924.  10/18  Difficult to be sure just what Ark.
Beauty should look like.  3 paintings on file vary
widely.  Difficult to reconcile these differences
apple is of Arkansas type.

Characterization:  Scions from N.Y. Sta 1902.
Size medium; roundish to round conic, surface
smooth; ground color yellow overspread with
dull brownish red, slight striping; undercolor sometimes
showing through giving unattractive muddy effect.
Dots small, inconspicuous, yellowish <s>submerged</s>
depressed same areola.  Cavity medium; basin med. to
rather shallow slightly furrowed.  Flesh yellowish, rather
fine grain, fairly juicy, tender; sprightly, pretty good
quality - better than exterior suggests.  Season about
mid. Oct.
        