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VARIETY APPLE ORCHARD
Arlington Farm

Variety: Ben Hur

Orchard location: Section I  Row 5-6  Tree 2

Arlington Accession No. 6651
Pom. No. 40786

Year: 1922
Date Picked: 10/10
Pomology Number: 102793

Year: 1923
Date Picked: 10/9
Pomology Number: 104133

Year: 1924
Date Picked: 11/4 
Pomology Number: 106024

Year: 1925
Date Picked: 10/10 
Pomology Number: 107087

Year: 1926
Date Picked: 10/20 
Pomology Number: 108670

Year: 1927
Date Picked: 9/28 
Pomology Number: 109579

Year: 1928
Date Picked: 10/10
Pomology Number: 110695½

Year: 1929
Date Picked: 9/18
Pomology Number: 111243

Year: 1930
Date Picked: 9/19
Pomology Number: 111648

Year: 1931
Date Picked: 10/6
Pomology Number: 112318

Blossom dates:
1924 - 5/2 - full bloom
1925 - 4/15 - past full bloom; 4/20 petals nearly all off
1926 - 4/30 - 90% buds open
1927 - 4/16 - first bloom. bloom very light.
1928 - 4/20 - first bloom; 4/26 50% buds open; 5/1, full bloom.

Remarks: 
scions received <s>4/8 & 13 / 08</s> 4/3/08 from Stark Bros., Louisiana , Mo.
Notes in various years
indicate good deal of variation from
season to season in size, color, finish
and in other respects.

Characterization:  Based largely on 1925, 1926 & 1928
descriptive notes.
Good size, roundish, approaching truncate, some
spec. slightly oblate; regular.  Cavity, broad,
deep abrupt smooth; stem slender 1" or more
long, Basin, broad, deep, abrupt (though variable)
eye large closed.  Ground color yellow, nearly
covered with bright red wash and indistinct stripes
Dots numerous, yellowish, somewhat raised, fairly
conspicuous; surface in some cases suggests
that of Twenty Ounce. Flesh yellowish, satiny,
rather coarse grain, fairly tender, moderately juicy
Mildly acid, flat, lacks richness but rather pleasant
(over)

        