388 Keport of the Department of Horticulture of the 



Ben Davis group. — Kather large, bright red, coarse and solid 

 in texture, indifferent flavor, thick skin, shipping well and keep- 

 ing well. 



Arkansas Beauty, Coffelt, Saratoga, 



Beach, Collins, Schenectady, 



Ben Davis, Dickinson, Shackelford, 



Black Ben Davis, Eicke, Shirley, 



Challenger, Florence, Wallace Howard. 



Chicago, Gano, 



Black Gilliflower group. — Medium sized, dark red, oblong, 



ribbed apples of good quality but rather dry and coarse in texture. 



Less hardy than the Baldwin group. Particular as to soils. 



Black Gilliflower, Lady Finger, Striped Gilliflower. 



Deacon Jones, Scollop Gilliflower, 



Johnsonite, Skelton, 



Blue Pearmain group. — Somewhat large, dull red with bluish 



bloom, mild flavor, fair quality, dense texture and thick skins. 



Adapted to northern conditions and for most part valuable there 



only. 



Baxter, Mabie, Scarlet Beauty, 



Bethel, Monroe Sweet, Stone, 



Blue Pearmain, Oel Austin, Victoria Sweet, 



Du Bois, Perry, Windsor. 



Gideon Sweet, Perry Red, 



Jewett Red, Rutledge, 



Chenango group. — Medium sized, red striped, oblong conic ap- 

 ples of high quality, peculiar aroma and delicate texture. In 

 general the three sorts in this group succeed where the Baldwin 

 can be grown. 

 Chenango, Prince Double, Stump. 



Early Harvest group. — Summer apples of medium size, pale 

 yellow or white in color, of good but not superior quality and with 

 delicate breaking flesh. More suitable to the warmer than to the 

 colder portion of the State. 

 Early Harvest, Early Ripe, Parry White. 



Fameuse group. — Medium sized, handsome red, usually striped, 

 apples, roundish oblate, thin skinned, of high dessert quality, and 



