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Smoky Arcad is a Russian apple cultivar described by N. E. Hansen in the 1902 South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin A Study of Northwestern Apples. The entry lists the identifiers No. 864 and No. 60 M, but does not explain their source or testing history. [S1]
The fruit is medium sized, round to oblate, and usually regular. Some specimens taper slightly and are angular near the eye. Hansen describes the skin as smooth greenish yellow with a white bloom. It usually has no blush or stripes, though some specimens developed a bronze cheek in the sun. [S1]
The flesh is white, firm, sweet, and rated very good. The season is given as the last half of July and the first half of August, making it an early summer apple in this source. [S1]
The description is mainly pomological. It records a narrow, very acute cavity, short stem, small abrupt basin, closed calyx, closed core, conical tube, marginal stamens, and about ten plump seeds packed tightly in the cells. The available source gives no tree habit, productivity, disease behavior, breeder, release date, or direct hardiness claim for Smoky Arcad. [S1]
Its broader context is Hansen's list of introduced northern apples, including Russian and Scandinavian selections described for northwestern conditions. The packet gives no direct parentage, sibling, descendant, or species-level lineage beyond treating it as an apple cultivar. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples.
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“Origin: Russia.”
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“Cavity narrow, very acute; stem short; basin small, regular, abrupt; calyx closed; segments erect convergent.”
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“Core closed; tube conical; stamens marginal; seeds about ten, plump, packed tightly in cells.”
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“Flesh white, firm, sweet, very good.”
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 14 | A Study of Northwestern Apples | unknown | 7 | 0 | 0 | p101 | Maturity window listed as last half of July and first half of August.; Flesh white, firm, sweet; described as very good.; Cavity narrow and very acute; stem short; basin small, regular, abrupt; calyx closed with segments |
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| 14 | p101 | storage_duration | Maturity window listed as last half of July and first half of August. | Smoky Arcad (No. 864; No. 60 M)—Origin, Russia—Fruit medium, round, oblate, regular ... surface smooth, greenish yellow, with white bloom, no blush nor stripes ... Last half of July and first half of August. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p101 | flavor_profile | Flesh white, firm, sweet; described as very good. | Smoky Arcad (No. 864; No. 60 M)—Origin, Russia—Fruit medium, round, oblate, regular ... surface smooth, greenish yellow, with white bloom, no blush nor stripes ... Last half of July and first half of August. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p101 | description_snippet | Cavity narrow and very acute; stem short; basin small, regular, abrupt; calyx closed with segments erect and convergent; core closed with meeting cells; seeds about ten, plump, pac | Smoky Arcad (No. 864; No. 60 M)—Origin, Russia—Fruit medium, round, oblate, regular ... surface smooth, greenish yellow, with white bloom, no blush nor stripes ... Last half of July and first half of August. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p101 | fruit_color | Skin is smooth greenish yellow with white bloom; no blush or stripes in some specimens; some specimens show a bronze cheek in sun. | Smoky Arcad (No. 864; No. 60 M)—Origin, Russia—Fruit medium, round, oblate, regular ... surface smooth, greenish yellow, with white bloom, no blush nor stripes ... Last half of July and first half of August. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p101 | fruit_size | Fruit is described as medium and generally round/oblate, regular in form. | Smoky Arcad (No. 864; No. 60 M)—Origin, Russia—Fruit medium, round, oblate, regular ... surface smooth, greenish yellow, with white bloom, no blush nor stripes ... Last half of July and first half of August. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p101 | source_reference_abbreviation | Associated accession identifiers are given as No. 864 and No. 60 Min the entry heading. | Smoky Arcad (No. 864; No. 60 M)—Origin, Russia—Fruit medium, round, oblate, regular ... surface smooth, greenish yellow, with white bloom, no blush nor stripes ... Last half of July and first half of August. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p101 | selection_origin_reference | Origin stated as Russia; accession tags include No. 864 and No. 60 M. | Smoky Arcad (No. 864; No. 60 M)—Origin, Russia—Fruit medium, round, oblate, regular ... surface smooth, greenish yellow, with white bloom, no blush nor stripes ... Last half of July and first half of August. | page_block:0.90 |
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| storage_duration | Maturity window listed as last half of July and first half of August. | 0.94 |
| flavor_profile | Flesh white, firm, sweet; described as very good. | 0.95 |
| description_snippet | Cavity narrow and very acute; stem short; basin small, regular, abrupt; calyx closed with segments erect and convergent; core closed with meeting cells; seeds about ten, plump, packed tightly in cells. | 0.95 |
| fruit_color | Skin is smooth greenish yellow with white bloom; no blush or stripes in some specimens; some specimens show a bronze cheek in sun. | 0.96 |
| fruit_size | Fruit is described as medium and generally round/oblate, regular in form. | 0.97 |
| source_reference_abbreviation | Associated accession identifiers are given as No. 864 and No. 60 M in the entry heading. | 0.97 |
| selection_origin_reference | Origin stated as Russia; accession tags include No. 864 and No. 60 M. | 0.98 |
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