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VARIETY APPLE ORCHARD
Arlington Farm

Variety: Boiken

Orchard location: Section A  Row 7-8  Tree 4

Arlington Accession No. 1815  (See over)
Pom. No. 24233

Year: 1922
Date Picked: 9/23
Pomology Number: 102583

Year: 1923
Date Picked: 9/28
Pomology Number: 104147

Year: 1924
Date Picked: 10/8
Pomology Number: 105675

Year: 1925
Date Picked: 10/3
Pomology Number: 106934

Year: 1926
Date Picked: 11/1
Pomology Number: 108478

Year: 1927
Date Picked: 9/23
Pomology Number: 109505

Year: 1928
Date Picked: 
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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 - 4/20 - first bloom
1925 - 4/13 - first bloom; 4/16 - 40% buds open; 4/22 - past full but still quite a lot of buds. Developed more slowly than most varieties.
1926 - 4/28 - center buds open
1927 -

Remarks:
1926, 11/6. freckled with small
bitter rot infections
1927, 4/1. same crop in storage showed bad
bitter rot decay.
Scions from N. Y. Agr. Sta. 1902

Characterization:  Good size; oblate conic; regular
except indistinct ribbing; Cavity broad somewhat
abrupt.  Ground color pale yellow with
nearly complete overspread of bronzed red on
basal half; some seasons blushed with
pinkish red; and considerable overspread of
buttermilk.  Dots small, fairly conspicuous over
pale yellow ground color, less so on red colored
surface.  Flesh white, fine grainl, fairly
juicy; very acid; 10/12/25 - not yet fully ripe. 10/31/25,
fruit a little wilted, a little tough, juicy, still
rather acid, lacks richness.

        