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VARIETY APPLE ORCHARD
Arlington Farm

Variety: Arnold

Orchard location: Section G  Row 13-14  Tree 4

Arlington Accession No. 6334
Pom. No. 40511

Year: 1922
Date Picked: 9/6 
Pomology Number: 102499

Year: 1923
Date Picked: 9/16 
Pomology Number: 104038

Year: 1924
Date Picked: 9/13
Pomology Number: 105395

Year: 1925
Date Picked: 9/5 
Pomology Number: 106726

Year: 1926
Date Picked: 10/4
Pomology Number: 108165

Year: 1927
Date Picked: 9/8
Pomology Number: 110605

Year: 1928
Date Picked: 
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Year: 1929
Date Picked: 
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Year: 1930
Date Picked: 
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Year: 1931
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Blossom dates: 
1924 - 5/2  25% buds open. 5/6 - full bloom
1925 - 4/15 - 25% buds open. 4/20 - 90% buds open.
1926 - 4/30 - 40% buds open.
<s>1927</s>1928 - 5/1 #13, 20% buds open #14, first bloom

Remarks:  Apparently varied in quality from season to season.
9/26/23  Noted - good to very good! 9/26/24  Noted that 1923
appraisal of quality was too high according to this years
judgement.  Confirmed by later notes.
1926. Bitter rot mentioned as very bad. In 1927 absence of
bitter rot was mentioned. Some water core in 1927.

Characterization:
Size, medium to large (apparently large under favorable cond.)
Roundish conic to oblate conic, distinctly ribbed.
Color yellow to greenish yellow, rarely slightly blushed,
sometimes a little buttermilk overspread.  Dots
very small and in conspicuous.
Cavity - broad & deep, considerable russeting, stem
⅝" moderately stout,  Basin deep, abrupt, eye
medium, closed.
Flesh yellowish, fine grained, tender (in 1926),
a little tough ( in 1927), fairly juicy, mildly acid, lacks
richness only fairly good, but pleasant.
In 1927 there seemed to be considerable "body" to flesh.
        