Arkansas Sweet
identification: Medium size. Background colour is yellow washed with crimson and overlaid with darker red stripes.
characteristics: Whit flesh crisp, crunchy and sweet.
origins: This heritage apple was likely grown for some time in Scott County, Arkansas (USA) before Henry Grabin sent some samples to the US Department of Agriculture in 1905. However, after that it dropped out of public view again until 1993 when it was discovered that John Kenyon was still growing the variety in his Lacon, Illinois (USA), orchard. <<<>>>>,
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