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# 2015 Brest Challenger

The 2015 Brest Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place at the Brest Arena in Brest, France between 19 and 25 October 2015.

## Points and prize money
### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 125 | 75 | 45 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Doubles | 125 | 75 | 45 | 25 | 0 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | €15,300 | €9,000 | €5,375 | €3,100 | €1,830 | €1,110 | €0 | €0 |
| Doubles * | €6,600 | €3,850 | €2,300 | €1,360 | €770 | — | — | — |
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## Singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| FRA | Benoît Paire | 25 | 1 |
| FRA | Nicolas Mahut | 69 | 2 |
| UKR | Illya Marchenko | 83 | 3 |
| AUS | John-Patrick Smith | 112 | 4 |
| SVK | Norbert Gombos | 123 | 5 |
| CRO | Ivan Dodig | 127 | 6 |
| UZB | Farrukh Dustov | 134 | 7 |
| ITA | Luca Vanni | 135 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of 12 October 2015.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Benoît Paire
* Grégoire Jacq
* Alexandre Sidorenko
* Romain Jouan
The following player received entry using a special exemption:
* Illya Marchenko
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Romain Barbosa
* Maxime Tabatruong
* Sadio Doumbia
* Yannik Reuter

### Retirements

* Illya Marchenko (left foot, first round)
* Maxime Teixeira (left abductor, second round)

## Doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| NED | Wesley Koolhof | NED | Matwé Middelkoop | 159 | 1 |
| GBR | Ken Skupski | GBR | Neal Skupski | 214 | 2 |
| SRB | Ilija Bozoljac | CRO | Antonio Šančić | 267 | 3 |
| USA | James Cerretani | AUT | Tristan-Samuel Weissborn | 322 | 4 |
$^1$ Rankings are as of 12 October 2015.

### Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
* Romain Jouan / Alexandre Penaud

## Champions
### Singles

* Ivan Dodig def. Benoît Paire, 7–5, 6–1.

### Doubles

* Wesley Koolhof / Matwé Middelkoop def. Ken Skupski / Neal Skupski, 3–6, 6–4, [10–6].
# 2015 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship

The 2015 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship was the 10th staging of the Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 2006. The championship began on 1 May 2015 and ended on 18 October 2015.
On 18 October 2015, Carrigaline won the championship following a 0-12 to 0-11 defeat of St Michael's in the final at Páirc Uí Rinn. It was their first ever championship title.
Éire Óg's Daniel Goulding was the championship's top scorer with 1-34.

## Team changes
### To Championship

Promoted from the Cork Intermediate Football Championship
* Éire Óg
Relegated from the Cork Senior Football Championship
* St. Vincent's

### From Championship

Promoted to the Cork Senior Football Championship
* Valley Rovers
Relegated to the Cork Intermediate Football Championship
* Glenville

## Championship statistics
### Top scorers
#### Overall

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Daniel Goulding | Éire Óg | 1-34 | 37 | 5 | 11.16 |
| 2 | Paul Cronin | St. Michael's | 1-29 | 32 | 6 | 5.33 |
| 3 | D. D. Dorgan | Grenagh | 0-25 | 25 | 4 | 6.25 |
| 4 | Conor O'Keeffe | Newmarket | 3-13 | 22 | 3 | 7.33 |
| 5 | Brian Coakley | Carrigaline | 1-17 | 20 | 5 | 4.00 |
| 6 | David Drake | Carrigaline | 0-18 | 18 | 5 | 3.60 |
| 7 | David Scannell | Kiskeam | 3-08 | 17 | 3 | 5.66 |
| 7 | Gary Murphy | Castletownbere | 0-17 | 17 | 5 | 3.60 |
| 8 | Aindreas Ó Coinceannáin | Béal Átha'n Ghaorthaidh | 1-13 | 16 | 3 | 5.33 |
| 9 | Cian O'Riordan | Mallow | 1-12 | 15 | 2 | 7.50 |

#### In a single game

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Daniel Goulding | Éire Óg | 1-08 | 11 | Bantry Blues |
| 1 | Cian O'Riordan | Mallow | 1-08 | 11 | St. Michael's |
| 2 | Conor O'Keeffe | Newmarket | 2-04 | 10 | Grenagh |
| 2 | David Scannell | Kiskeam | 1-07 | 10 | Nemo Rangers |
| 2 | Daniel Goulding | Éire Óg | 0-10 | 10 | Carrigaline |
| 3 | Aindreas Ó Coinceannáin | Béal Átha'n Ghaorthaidh | 1-06 | 9 | Bantry Blues |
| 3 | D. D. Dorgan | Grenagh | 0-09 | 9 | Ballinora |
| 4 | Conor O'Keeffe | Newmarket | 1-05 | 8 | Macroom |
| 4 | Brian Coakley | Carrigaline | 1-05 | 8 | St. Vincent's |
| 4 | Paul Cronin | St. Michael's | 1-05 | 8 | Kiskeam |
| 4 | Gary Murphy | Castletownbere | 0-08 | 8 | Naomh Abán |
| 4 | D. D. Dorgan | Grenagh | 0-08 | 8 | Newmarket |
# Beira (antelope)

The beira (Dorcatragus megalotis) is a small arid adapted antelope that inhabits arid regions of the Horn of Africa. It is the only member of the genus Dorcatragus.

## Description

The beira has a bushy tail and a coarse coat which is reddish grey on the back separated from the white underparts by a dark band which extends along each side from the elbow to the rear leg. Its long, slender legs are fawn-coloured and the head is yellowish red with black eyelids and white eye rings. The beira has disproportionately large ears, which are 15 cm (5.9 in) long and 7.5 cm (3.0 in) across with white fur on their interiors. Only the males have horns which are 7.5–10 cm (3.0–3.9 in) long, straight spikes which grow out vertically from near the sides of the ears. The length of the animal is 80–86 cm (31–34 in), it stands 50–60 cm (20–24 in) at the shoulder and weighs between 9–11.5 kg (20–25 lb).

## Distribution

The beira is endemic to northeast Africa, it occurs in the far south of Djibouti southwards across Somaliland and northern Somalia, and into extreme northeastern Ethiopia. The main part of its range is in Somaliland, from the frontier with Djibouti, east into Puntland in northern Somalia and the Nogaal Valley. Its occurrence in Djibouti was confirmed in only 1993.

## Habitat

Beira are found in rocky or stony hillsides and slopes, among dry, grassland interspersed with acacia scrub and many sites are on hills with flat summits and steep stony sides.

## Habits

Beira have only been recorded giving birth in April at the height of the rainy season. Gestation lasts six months and one calf is born. They are most active in the early morning and late afternoon, and rest in the middle of the day. They are extremely wary, and are alerted to the slightest disturbance by their excellent hearing, moving off with great speed across the scree on the rocky slopes, bounding with agility from rock to rock on steeper, less broken terrain. Beira are adapted to arid climate and do not need to find water, as they obtain all they need from the plants they browse. Beira live in small family groups and pairs, always with a single male, but larger groups have been recorded and these probably occur when family groups meet up. Beira are predominantly browsers, but also graze when grass is available. Hyenas, caracals and jackals are the main predators of beira, and where they occur lions and leopards will take them too.

## Conservation

The beira is subject to some low level hunting but its small size, extreme wariness, and the inaccessible rocky habitat may allow it to withstand hunting pressure. Overgrazing, drought and cutting of acacia scrub for charcoal production are thought to be greater threats. It is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN. In Djibouti it is thought to be rare but not endangered. and its status in Ethiopia is currently unknown, the last record being in 1972.
The only captive breeding group of beira was at Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation where they have been successfully bred and the number reached a peak of 58 in 2005.

## Name

The term 'beira' is derived from its Somali name.
# 2015 ITU World Triathlon Series

The 2015 ITU World Triathlon Series is a series of ten World Championship Triathlon events that lead up to a Grand Final held in Chicago. The Series is organised under the auspices of the world governing body of triathlon, the International Triathlon Union (ITU).

## Calendar

The 2015 series visited ten cities around the world.
| Date | Location | Status |
| March 6–7 | Abu Dhabi | Sprint distance |
| March 28–29 | Auckland | |
| April 11–12 | Gold Coast | |
| April 25–26 | Cape Town | |
| May 16–17 | Yokohama | |
| May 30–31 | London | Sprint distance |
| July 18–19 | Hamburg | Sprint distance |
| August 22–23 | Stockholm | |
| September 5–6 | Edmonton | Sprint distance |
| September 15–20 | Chicago | Grand Final |

## Results
### Medal summary
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Abu Dhabi | Mario Mola (ESP) | Vincent Luis (FRA) | Richard Murray (RSA) |
| Auckland | Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) | Javier Gómez (ESP) | Pierre Le Corre (FRA) |
| Gold Coast | Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) | Mario Mola (ESP) | Javier Gómez (ESP) |
| Cape Town | Alistair Brownlee (GBR) | Javier Gómez (ESP) | Vincent Luis (FRA) |
| Yokohama | Javier Gómez (ESP) | Alistair Brownlee (GBR) | Mario Mola (ESP) |
| London | Alistair Brownlee (GBR) | Fernando Alarza (ESP) | Vincent Luis (FRA) |
| Hamburg | Vincent Luis (FRA) | Javier Gómez (ESP) | Mario Mola (ESP) |
| Stockholm | Javier Gómez (ESP) | João Pereira (POR) | Aaron Royle (AUS) |
| Edmonton | Richard Murray (RSA) | Javier Gómez (ESP) | Mario Mola (ESP) |
| Chicago | Mario Mola (ESP) | Javier Gómez (ESP) | Richard Murray (RSA) |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Abu Dhabi | Gwen Jorgensen (USA) | Katie Zaferes (USA) | Flora Duffy (BER) |
| Auckland | Gwen Jorgensen (USA) | Katie Zaferes (USA) | Andrea Hewitt (NZL) |
| Gold Coast | Gwen Jorgensen (USA) | Sarah True (USA) | Katie Zaferes (USA) |
| Cape Town | Vicky Holland (GBR) | Katie Zaferes (USA) | Nicola Spirig (SUI) |
| Yokohama | Gwen Jorgensen (USA) | Ashleigh Gentle (AUS) | Emma Moffatt (AUS) |
| London | Gwen Jorgensen (USA) | Katie Zaferes (USA) | Sarah True (USA) |
| Hamburg | Gwen Jorgensen (USA) | Vicky Holland (GBR) | Non Stanford (GBR) |
| Stockholm | Sarah True (USA) | Katie Zaferes (USA) | Andrea Hewitt (NZL) |
| Edmonton | Vicky Holland (GBR) | Flora Duffy (BER) | Gillian Backhouse (AUS) |
| Chicago | Gwen Jorgensen (USA) | Non Stanford (GBR) | Vicky Holland (GBR) |
Rankings : http://wts.triathlon.org/rankings/

## Overall standings

The athlete who accumulates the most points throughout the 8 race season is declared the year's world champion. The final point standings are:
# Beautiful Despair

Professional ratings :
| Aggregate scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 83/100 |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
Beautiful Despair is the twelfth studio album by English band Television Personalities. The album was originally recorded in 1990 on a 4-track, between their albums Privilege (1990) and Closer to God (1992). It was released in January 2018 under Fire Records.

## Track listing

All words and music by Daniel Treacy

## Personnel
### Television Personalities

* Daniel Treacy - lead vocals, 6- and 12-string electric guitars
* Jowe Head - bass guitar, electric and acoustic guitar, analogue synthesizer, autoharp, bowed psaltery, drum machine programming, percussion, backing vocals
# 2015 Munnar Plantation strike

The Munnar Plantation strike was a nine-day strike led by the women of the Munnar Kannan Devan Hills Plantations Limited (KDHPL). It was famous for it being an all-women uprising leading to the formation of an all-women union Pengal Orumai (women's unity) and is referred to as a turning point in Kerala's political history.

## Introduction

The salary of plantation workers in the state is decided by the Plantation Labour Committee. PLC comprises representatives of trade unions, plantation managements, and the government. PLC meeting and discussion is possible only if the labour minister takes the initiative. The strike began on 6 September with about 5000 workers, the majority being women, agitating in front of the KDHPL office after the management struck down the bonus to ten percent, which was 20 percent the previous year, citing dips in profit and falling tea prices – this despite the daily wage being a mere Rs 234 for 12 hours of labour and the fact that the daily output per worker had increased to 31 kilograms from 21. The main demands of the workers was a hike in wages from Rs.232 to Rs.500. One of the most important facts about this strike, is that the agitation was led and organised by the women workers who steadfastly refused to allow men into it, citing reasons such as that they were easily swayed by alcohol and that it was the women who did the actual work of plucking leaves and carrying and loading the burden, which comes with greater occupational hazards such as knee damage and pesticide inhalation. The country's biggest trade unions such as AITUC (CPI), INTUC (Congress) and CITU (CPM) were forbidden from co-opting the movement, even though at one time they tried to barge into their protest because according to the workers, they had done precious little to improve their conditions and instead preferred to cosy up to the management. A controversy was started a spark happened between Pembilai Orumai and Mm mani in April 2017

## Negotiations

The government eventually intervened, and conducted negotiations with the striking workers led by the all-women union, Pembilai Orumai. They were given front seats at the negotiations led by the Chief Minister of Kerala, Oommen Chandy, and the Labour Minister Shibu Baby John, and on 13 September, their demands were finally met.

## Aftermath

Similar strikes were soon called by women workers at other places including Harrisons Malayalam Ltd's tea estates in Idukki and Wayanad districts, where 500 women workers went on strike and over 11,000 workers of TATA Tea resorted to ‘go slow’ plucking in peak plucking season, one of the slogans being ‘we pluck tea leaves, you pluck our lives.'
# 2015 Ningbo Challenger

The 2015 Ningbo Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament (for men) and part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Ningbo, China.

## Singles entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
| TPE | Lu Yen-hsun | 91 | 1 |
| AUS | James Duckworth | 101 | 2 |
| ISR | Dudi Sela | 114 | 3 |
| JPN | Go Soeda | 119 | 4 |
| JPN | Yoshihito Nishioka | 150 | 5 |
| EST | Jürgen Zopp | 158 | 6 |
| GER | Peter Gojowczyk | 165 | 7 |
| ITA | Thomas Fabbiano | 170 | 8 |

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Qiu Zhuoyang
* He Yecong
* Sun Fajing
* Li Yuanfeng
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:
* Flavio Cipolla
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Zhang Zhizhen
* Takuto Niki
* Riccardo Ghedin
* Daniel Masur
The following player entered as a lucky loser:
* Florian Fallert

## Champions
### Singles

* Lu Yen-hsun def. Jürgen Zopp, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–1

### Doubles

* Dudi Sela / Amir Weintraub def. Nikola Mektić / Franko Škugor, 6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
# Beech Grove, Arkansas

Beech Grove is an unincorporated community in Greene County, Arkansas, United States. Beech Grove is located on Arkansas Highway 141, 11 miles (18 km) northwest of Paragould. Beech Grove has a post office with ZIP code 72412.
# Beer Nuts

Beer Nuts is an American brand of snack food building on the original product, peanuts with a sweet-and-salty glazing. According to the manufacturer, the ingredients include peanuts, coconut oil, corn syrup and salt. In the United States, Beer Nuts are a staple of bar snacks and are often referred to as "the quintessential American bar food".
Although Beer Nuts do not contain any beer, the name suggests that they are intended as a side dish to beer consumption.

## History

The company began in 1937 when Edward Shirk and his son Arlo took over the Caramel Crisp confectionery store in Bloomington, Illinois, which sold a product called "Redskins," "slightly sweet, lightly salted" glazed peanuts with their red skins intact. Beginning in 1950, this product was sold packaged as "Shirk's Glazed Peanuts" in local liquor stores.
By 1953, local food distributor Eldredge C. Brewster helped expand the product to a national brand, and the Beer Nuts trademark was registered. By the 1960s, the product was available in all 50 states, and by the 1970s, the Shirks shipped 10 million pounds of Beer Nuts nationally. The company's product line has since expanded to other nuts, such as cashews and almonds, and various snack mixes, gift baskets and holiday packaged items.
The Beer Nuts brand has been registered as a trademark since 1955 and has been successfully protected in court on several occasions from competing brands who used similar names. Beer Nuts has been described as ”something of a case study in brands avoiding genericization”.
The company remains family owned with production still based in Bloomington, operating out of the 100,000-square-foot facility it relocated to in 1973.

## Other countries

In Australia, beer nuts refers to salted roasted peanuts with the testa (red skin) intact. They are sold unglazed.
# Beautiful as You

"Beautiful as You" a song by Australian band, The Whitlams. It was released in February 2007 as the lead and sole single from the band's sixth studio album, Little Cloud. The song peaked at number 40 on the ARIA Charts.

## Track listings

CD single
* "Beautiful as You" – 3:20
* "Fondness Makes the Heart Grow Absent" (remix) – 4:07
* "I Was Alive" (live) – 2:51
iTunes
* "Beautiful as You" – 3:20
* "Fondness Makes the Heart Grow Absent" (remix) – 4:07
* "I Was Alive" (live) – 2:51
* "Friends" – 2:46
* "Wastin' Time" – 3:15

## Charts

Chart performance for "Beautiful as You" :
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
| Australia (ARIA) | 40 |
# Behrens (horse)

Behrens (1994 – September 14, 2014) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Out of the mare Hot Novel, he was sired by the 1981 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, Pleasant Colony.
Raced by William Clifton, Jr. and the Rudlein Stable of Donald and Anne Rudder, Behrens did not race until age three when he made a winning debut in January 1997 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. He did not race for another six months as a result of arthroscopic surgery for an ankle chip. On his return to competition, Behrens won again then in July at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, won the Dwyer Stakes. In the August Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course, Behrens finished second by a nose to Deputy Commander, then in September scored a 5¾ length win in the Pegasus Handicap at the Meadowlands Racetrack in New Jersey in which he beat a field that included the heavily favored Touch Gold. In that year's Breeders' Cup Classic, Behrens disappointed his backers with a seventh-place finish.
At age five Behrens had his best season in racing. His wins in 1999 included the Grade I's Gulfstream Park Handicap and Oaklawn Handicap, the Grade II Suburban Handicap, plus the Massachusetts Handicap in which he defeated Real Quiet. In addition, Behrens earned second-place in the Donn Handicap, Whitney Handicap and the Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes. However, with a chance at Horse of the Year honors he finished a dull 7th in the Breeders Cup Classic behind Cat Thief.
As a six-year-old, Behrens won his second straight Grade I Gulfstream Park Handicap, was second to Dubai Millennium in the Dubai World Cup, and had seconds in the Woodward Stakes and Suburban Handicap.
Behrens stood stud at Victory Rose Thoroughbreds in Vacaville, California. His foals earned more than $4.1 million, with one stakes winner, four stakes-placed runners, and 103 winners from 209 total foals. In 2013, he was pensioned to Old Friends in New York.
# 2020 Bett1Hulks Championship – Doubles

This is the first edition of the tournament, primarily organised due to the cancellation of many tournaments in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Raven Klaasen and Ben McLachlan won the title, defeating Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies in the final, 6–2, 6–4.

## Seeds

* Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo (quarterfinals)
* Oliver Marach / Mate Pavić (quarterfinals)
* Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies (final)
* Jürgen Melzer / Édouard Roger-Vasselin (quarterfinals)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Ł Kubot M Melo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Erlich H Nys | 4 | 2 | | 1 | Ł Kubot M Melo | 2 | 6 | [3] | | | | | | | | |
| | M Daniell P Oswald | 6 | 6 | | | M Daniell P Oswald | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Altmaier O Otte | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | M Daniell P Oswald | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| 3 | K Krawietz A Mies | w/o | | | | | | | | 3 | K Krawietz A Mies | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Davidovich Fokina F Verdasco | | | | 3 | K Krawietz A Mies | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Inglot A-u-H Qureshi | 4 | 2 | | WC | A Zverev M Zverev | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Zverev M Zverev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | K Krawietz A Mies | 2 | 4 |
| | T Brkić F Škugor | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | R Klaasen B McLachlan | 6 | 6 |
| | R Klaasen B McLachlan | 6 | 6 | | | R Klaasen B McLachlan | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S González K Skupski | 1 | 6$^2$ | | 4 | J Melzer É Roger-Vasselin | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | J Melzer É Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | R Klaasen B McLachlan | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | F Auger-Aliassime R Lindstedt | 6$^3$ | 7$^7$ | [7] | | | | | | | M Purcell L Saville | 5 | 4 | | | | |
| | M Purcell L Saville | 7$^7$ | 6$^1$ | [10] | | M Purcell L Saville | 2 | 6 | [11] | | | | | | | | |
| | T Sandgren D Sharan | 4 | 2 | | 2 | O Marach M Pavić | 6 | 3 | [9] | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | O Marach M Pavić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
# Abacetus batesi

Abacetus batesi is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Pterostichinae. It was described by Andrewes in 1926.
# Arkansas Black

The Arkansas Black is an apple cultivar that originated in the mid-19th Century in Benton County, Arkansas. It is not the same as the cultivar 'Arkansas' or 'Arkansas Black Twig'.
Arkansas Black apples are generally medium-sized with a somewhat flattened shape. Generally a very dark red on the tree, occasionally with a slight green blush where hidden from the sun, the apples grow darker as they ripen, becoming a very dark red or burgundy color. With storage the skin continues to darken. Arkansas Black is one of the darkest of all apple cultivars, hence the name. A variant of the Huaniu apple, the Black Diamond has an even darker colour.
The flesh in good years is notably hard and crunchy when fresh, though it does soften somewhat with keeping. Fairly tart when fresh-picked, the apples mellow with storage. Arkansas Blacks are considered an excellent keeping apple, and can be stored for six months in appropriate conditions.
Though the cultivar is grown throughout the United States, it is said that the best apples come from western Arkansas where the cultivar originated. Popular as a fresh picked apple at roadside stands and produce markets, the apple has begun to enter commercial distribution and so is now becoming more widely available.