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VARIETY APPLE ORCHARD
Arlington Farm

Variety: Big Upp

Orchard location: Section G  Row 15-16 Tree 3

Arlington Accession No. 6338
Pom. No. 40516

Year: 1922
Date Picked: 9/6
Pomology Number: 102495

Year: 1923
Date Picked: 10/8
Pomology Number: 104204

Year: 1924
Date Picked: 10/4
Pomology Number: 105631

Year: 1925
Date Picked: 9/15 
Pomology Number: 106837

Year: 1926
Date Picked: 9/17
Pomology Number: 108172

Year: 1927
Date Picked: 9/13
Pomology Number: 109394

Year: 1928
Date Picked: 9/27
Pomology Number: 110427

Year: 1929
Date Picked: 
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Year: 1930
Date Picked: 
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Year: 1931
Date Picked: 
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Blossom dates: 
1924 - 4/30,  75% buds open
1925 - 4/15,  75% buds open; 4/20 well past full.
1926
<s>1927</s>1928 - 4/25, first bloom; 5/1, 90% buds open

Remarks: Scions received 3/13/08 from private
collection of W. N. Irwin at Eckington.
Scions of Big Upp were also sent to Arlington
3/19/07 under Pom. No. 38013 but whether propagated
is not known.

Characterization: Size: Medium to above: somewhat
oblate conic, fairly smooth and regular - sides
sometimes unequal.  Cavity - fairly broad,
deep, abrupt.  Basin dup. broad.  Ground
color yellowish, covered with bright red and well or
poorly defined stripes depending on depth of red overspread;
sometime a light overspread of gray about base.
Dots numerous, neatly depressed and inconspicuous.
Flesh yellowish, fairly fine grain, fairly juicy,
mildly acid; rather flat, lacks richness, only fair 
in quality.  In season last Sept & early Oct.
        