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VARIETY APPLE ORCHARD
Arlington Farm

Variety: Ben Davis

Orchard locatin: Section D  Row 21-22  Tree 4

Arlington Accession No. 3223  (see other nos. attached)
Pom. No. 24654

Year: 1922
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Year: 1923
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Year: 1924
Date Picked: 11/4
Pomology Number: 105975

Year: 1925
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Year: 1926
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Year: 1927
Date Picked: 10/6
Pomology Number: 109637

Year: 1928
Date Picked: 10/23
Pomology Number: 110714

Year: 1929
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Year: 1930
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Year: 1931
Date Picked: 10/6
Pomology Number: 112317

Blossom dates: 
1924 - 4/28 - first bloom
1925 - 4/14 - 20% buds open; 4/15, 75% open
1926 - 4/30 - 25% buds open
1927

Remarks: Scions from Charles Miller, Gerrardstown
W. Va. 4/26/02

Characterization: Notes made on spec. 1928 from
storage. observations 4/5/29.  Above med. size but
small for var.   Majority of spec are oblate in form
slightly conic - form unusual for var.  Ground color
yellow pretty completely covered with red wash and
rather distinct stripes.  Cavity fairly deep, med. width,
stem slender about ¾" long. Basin atypical of var.
being small, med. depth or less, not abrupt.  Calyx
lobes small, converging, eye closed, small; Dots
many, small, pale yellow, very inconscpicuous; a few
brownish, raised.  Flesh white, satiny, mod. fine
grain, fairly tender. rather lacking in juice, very
mildly acid: almost lacking completely in flavor.
quality poor.
        