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VARIETY APPLE ORCHARD
Arlington Farm

Variety: Banana

Orchard location: Section J  Row 8  Tree 4

Arlington Accession No. 7236  (See #6398, H : 9-10 : 4 also Banana)
Pom No. 43588

Year: 1922
Date Picked:
Pomology Number:

Year: 1923
Date Picked: 9/5
Pomology Number: 103894

Year: 1924
Date Picked: 10/1
Pomology Number: 105458

Year: 1925
Date Picked:
Pomology Number:

Year: 1926
Date Picked:
Pomology Number:

Year: 1927
Date Picked:
Pomology Number:

Year: 1928
Date Picked: 9/8
Pomology Number: 110401

Year: 1929
Date Picked: 8/31
Pomology Number: 111140

Year: 1930
Date Picked: 9/5
Pomology Number: 111601

Year: 1931
Date Picked: 10/6
Pomology Number: 112316

Described Rpt. Pomologist 1895 p. 20

Blossom dates:
1924 - 5/2  75% buds open; 5/6 petals mostly off.
1925 - 4/15 full bloom - few clusters only
1926 - 5/3  full bloom - petals falling
1928 <s>1927</s> 4/26 - 25% buds open; 5/2 past full bloom.
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Scions from
M. J. Graham,
Adel, IA 1909
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Remarks: Fruit quite variable from season to season.

1924 - 10/4. Spec. large for var. have a little blush.  Dots
larger, brownish more conspicuous than ususal.

1930 - 9/13. Spec. small for var. though same fair size in 
lot.  Probably picked prematurely. Not a sign of blush on any spec.

1931 - 10/16.  Better color & finish than usual
and especially good flav [flavor] 
for the var.  Query- This was the latest picked
sample in records of both lots.  Were
others picked to early for quality to
develop and does that account for
wide variation in quality of different fruits?

Characterization:

1928 - 9/20 - 
Cavity med.
stem ½" to ¾"
rather slender
fruits taper
sharply towards apex.
Basin shallow, narrow; calyx lobes medium,
converging; eye closed.

1929 - 9/10.  Not much color - a little blush on same spec.
some water core.  Fairly fine grain.
juicy, mildly acid; lacks richness, fair
quality. Eating ripe.
        