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THE GANG APPLE. 



As the Gano apple is increasing in popularity in the Ozark country 

 we are sure that readers ot the Southwest will be interested in the fol- 

 lowing particulars, which we obtained at Moberly during the meeting 

 of the State Horticultural Society, in an interview with the honored 

 citizen who originated this apple, Mr. W. C. Gano of Parksville. He 

 has a iOacre orchard, and is making a strong effort to retreive his 

 losses of a few years ago. His trees are mostly of the Gano variety. 

 The tree, he says, in its growth is identical with the Ben Davis. Some 

 claim that the Gano apple is a cross between the Ben Davis and the 

 -Jonathan, but this is a mistake. Mr. Gano says the apple was origin- 

 ated in an orchard that never had a Jonathan tree in it. This orchard 

 was planted in 1844. Mr. Gano came into possession of the place in 

 1869. Some of the trees were Ben Davis and others were seedlings. 

 The Gano tree became famous for its beautiful fruit, and cuttings were 

 freely made from it, but Mr. Gano never made a cent from the sale of 

 scions from this tree. Nurserymen propagated the apple, and thou- 

 sand^ of trees will be set this season in this and other states. The 

 apple is not so large as the Ben Davis, but is large enough, is deeper 

 colored, a little more juicy and as good a keeper. 



Mr. Gano, as is generally known, was one of the Olden Fruit Com- 

 pany, and gave four of the best years of his life as superintendent of 

 that farm. He retired from the company when L. A. Goodman went 

 out. The best wishes of everyone who reads these lines will go out to 

 W. G. Gano. 



THE BEN DAVIS APPLE. 



Of late years much that is detrimental has been said of this apple. 

 No doubt it has its faults the same as other varieties of keeping apples. 

 The oft-repeated assertion that they were pithy and tasteless is true to 

 some extent at picking time. But keep the apple until January or 

 later and note the wonderful improvement that has come over it. 



The character of the soil, location, etc., where apples are grown, 

 has much to do with the size, taste and color. Apples that are grown 

 on low land are never as good as those grown on upland. Ben Davis, « 

 or any other apple, grown along the creek bottoms will not compare 

 for size and color with those of the same type grown on higher ground. 



