Beautiful Arcade
AppleBeautiful Arcade
Origin/History
Russian.
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Oblong, truncated, angular.
Skin: White, yellow splashed with crimson on side. A marked characteristic is the roughened surface.
Cavity: Slightly abrupt, slightly wavy.
Stem: Very short.
Basin: Wide, corrugated.
Flesh and Flavor: Yellow, firm, fine-grained, sweet, and rich; best quality.
Core/Seeds: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Season
Summer.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Illustrated as Fig. 358 in the source text.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)Beautiful Arcade. Medium, oblong, truncated, angular; white, yellow splashed with crimson on side. A marked characteristic is the roughened surface; cavity slightly abrupt, slightly wavy, stem very short; basin wide, corrugated; flesh yellow, firm, fine-grained, sweet, and rich; best quality. Summer. Fig. 358. Russian.