Apple 'Arkansas Black'

I am currently growing an Arkansas Black apple on semi-dwarf rootstock. Started as a whip, and after 2 seasons it is increasing girth wi...Read Moreth medium vigor and good spur formation.
I haven't had blooms yet but I expect I will see some this year, which I will remove. I am growing this apple with 2 other types and some plums, in southern Maine. Tree is currently at 6 feet.

A nice, useful little apple with less tartness than a Granny Smith, but not a sweet apple. Quite hard and crunchy. Excellent flavor for...Read More eating, pie-making, and cider-making. This is my favorite apple, but here in NW Arkansas it is only available in the month of October at private fruit vendors, never in the grocery stores, although it does share the same hometown(Bentonville, AR) with Wal-Mart. A good keeper for as long as six to eight months in the refrigerator.

Originated from a Winesap seedling in Bentonville, Arkansas in 1870. Dark red to almost black, rock-hard apple, medium sized, ripens lat...Read Moree November.

"Parentage / Origin: Probably a seedling of Winesap.; Benton County, Arkansas around 1870
Harvest / Season: Harvest: Late October - November
Description: Extremely beautiful, medium size, smooth, round, dark purplish red fruits turn nearly black at maturity. Waxy skin. Crisp, juicy, very firm, yellow flesh. Distinctive aromatic flavor lends itself well to cider blending. Very good quality, use for fresh eating or cooking. Excellent keeper; mellows in storage.
Tree Characteristics: Triploid"

Source: allaboutapples.com