Mike, I'm looking at the 1891 Livingston's catalog and it describes "Early Acme":
"...fruit of medium size, form perfect, round, slightly depressed at the ends, very smooth, color a glossy dark red with a sort of purplish tinge..."
Is it possible the seed banks didn't grow it out until it was fully ripe? (of course I am assuming the purplish tinge occurs when it's fully ripe).
I've read other bulletins during that time period when Acme was described as "glossy red".
Or did Livingston have two Acmes: Acme and Early Acme?
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