Arkansas
- From
- Rhea Mills
- Description
- Arkansas is not a desirable variety for growing in New York State because it is not sufficiently productive and because in this northern latitude the seasons are not always favorable to the proper development of its fruit. Arkansas is sometimes erroneously listed as identical with Arkansas Black.
- Flesh color
- white, yellow tinged, green tinged
- Skin color
- purple, green, red
- Sizes
- large, medium, above medium
- Shape
- round, ribbed, oblate, uniform, conical
- Keeping quality
- Late
- General quality
- Large, good red color, and good quality.
- Eating season starts in
- December
- Eating season ends in
- March
- Also known as
- Arkansaw
- Mammoth Black Twig
- Paragon
- Arkansas Black
- Arkansas Black Twig
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 1 (Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1905), 47.