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eastern shores of Lake Champlain. It 

 has one peculiar characteristic, which 

 made its dissemination more rapid than 

 that of most other varieties, and that is, 

 it produces reasonably true to type, from 

 the planting of the seed. However, there 

 is more tendency to variation by planting 

 from seed than from the ordinary method 

 of grafting or budding. As a result there 

 have been a number of varieties origin- 

 ated from the Fameuse, among which 

 are Bloom, Brilliant, Canada Baldwin, 

 Fameuse Noire. Fameuse Sucre. La Vic- 

 toire. Louise, Mcintosh. Hilaire. Shiawas- 

 see. 



Fruit small to medium size, roundish, 

 sometimes a little oblate, regular, uni- 

 form symmetrical. Cavity acute, moder- 

 ately deep, rather wide, often gently fur- 

 rowed, sometimes partly russeted: but 

 generally smooth and greenish re;l. In 

 the Northwest it is often a deep red. 



Gano 



The Gano belongs to the Ben Davis 

 family, which the tree very closely re- 

 sembles. It is more highly colored than 

 the Ben Davis, and is slightly better in 

 quality. It is less striped, and in the 

 arid regions is a beautiful light to rather 

 deep red. is very attractive in appearance, 

 and because of its beauty will sell from 

 the fruit stands for much higher prices 

 than the Ben Davis. It is a good keeper. 

 a good shipper, and a good bearer. 



Hiatorival. The origin of this apple is 

 unknown. It was brought to notice in 

 .Missouri about 1880, and disseminated 

 under the name Gano. By many it has 

 been regarded the same as the Black Ben 

 Davis. It certainly resembles the Black 

 Ben very closely: but the preponderance 

 of evidence seems to be that these are two 

 varieties of distinct origin. 



The tree is moderatel.v vigorous, 

 branches long moderately stout, inclined 

 to droop: laterals willowy, short, slender. 

 Form like that of the Ben Davis, upright, 

 droopin.?, rather dense. Bark bright 

 brownish red, mingled with olive green, 

 lightly overcast with mottled, and streak- 

 ed gray scarf skin: pubescent. 



Fruit medium to large. Form round- 

 ish conic, usually regular, symmetrical: 

 uniform in size and shape. Stem medi- 

 um to long slender. Cavity acute deep, 

 rather broad, symmetrical, sometimes 

 rather furrowed or compressed. 



Flesh whitish, slightly tinged with yel- 

 low, firm, moderately tender, rather 

 coarse, moderately crisp, juicy, mild, sub- 

 acid. 



Season about the same as that of the 

 Ben Davis, extending from December to 

 May. depending on the latitude and alti- 

 tude in which grown. 



Goal 



The Goal apple, earlier known as the 

 Albany, was propagated first by G. W. 



Gloria Mundi. 



I Much Reduced) 



Spokane Beaut.v. 



ilaxted Photo. 



