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VARIETY APPLE ORCHARD
Arlington Farm

Variety: Black Ben

Orchard location:  Section D  Row 9-10  Tree 3

Arlington Accession No. 3079
Pom. No. 24540

Year: 1922
Date Picked: 9/30
Pomology Number: 102759

Year: 1923
Date Picked: 9/27
Pomology Number: 104115

Year: 1924
Date Picked: 11/4
Pomology Number: 105972

Year: 1925
Date Picked: 10/8
Pomology Number: 106992

Year: 1926
Date Picked: 10/20
Pomology Number: 108671

Year: 1927
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Year: 1928
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Year: 1929
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Year: 1930
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Year: 1931
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Blossom dates:
1924 - 5/1, 25% buds open
1925 - 4/14, 20% buds open; 4/18, few cluster of blossoms only.
1926 - 7/30, 25% buds open
1927

Remarks: In 1925 and 1926 close similarity of specimens 
to typical Gano was noted.  Impossible to separate
spec. of 2 var. if mixed on basis of any difference in
appearance, form, or flesh characters.
Scions from Stark Bros. Louisiana, Mo. 1902

Characterization:
10/14/25 Flesh lightly tinged yellow, distinctly satiny,
firm, fine grain, tough, mildly acid, but
mostly flavorless - or approach thereto.
        