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Old July 5, 2015   #53
mike
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No . . . 'Early Acme' and 'Acme' are the same variety. Livingston used the names interchangeably off and on over the years and even in the same publications. I don't have the 1875, but the announcement page in 1876 calls it 'Acme', then by 1886 they call it 'Early Acme'. In 1890 it is called 'Acme' (and described as being introduced in 1875) in one bit of marketing text and then in the same issue, sold as 'Early Acme' and again, being described as being introduced in 1875.

As far as the "red with a purplish tinge" . . . that is the color definition / usage difference between the 19th and 20th century that I previously addressed, e.g. modern word pink = red with a purplish hue (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson) and modern word red = red with a orange hue (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_%28color%29). When reading historical documentation, we must always remember to keep in the context of the period and not let our modern times affect the information.

Even Livingston modified their color description with the times simply calling it "purple" by the 1917 seed annual.
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