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Arkansas Beauty. 



Arkansas Belle. 



Beu Davis. 



Ben Hur. 



Bhick Ben Davis. 



Coftelt. 



Cole Davis. 



Eicke. 



Etris. 



Extra. 



Flat Ben Davis. 



Gano. 



Improved Ben Davis. 



Nordhaussan. 



Ostrakavis. 



Paris. 



Shackleford. 



Shirley. 



Sweet Ben Davis. 



White Ben Davis. 



Many of these are of minor importance, and doubtless some 

 are not propagated and will soon disappear from cultivation. 

 Almost without exception they are of southern origin and best 

 adapted to growing under southern conditions. When grown 

 north of the southern Missouri and Ohio valleys they are in- 

 ferior in quality, though fairly hardy and bearing good crops. 



The fruit is generally roundish conic in form, nearly regular, 

 with regular cavity and basin, the latter generally more or less 

 abrupt. In color, greenish yellow, usually overspread with 

 bright red, more or less striped. The flesh is generally Avhite 

 and firm, of medium or coarse texture. They are of oidy 

 moderately good quality but long keepers and good shippers. 

 With oue exception they are more or less acid in flavor, generally 

 a mild subacid. A notable characteristic common to all varie- 

 ties examined was the presence of a pistil point or the persistent 

 base of the pistil, a character rarely found in apples not belong- 

 ing to this group. 



Description of Varieties. 



Arkansas Beauty. 



I have not seen this apple and have been able to learn little 

 about it. Stinson gives the following description and notes con- 

 cerning it : — . • 



Size, medium to large ; form, roundish, slightly inclined to conical ; 

 stem, very long and rather slender ; cavity, small, smooth ; basin, small ; 

 core, open, with a peculiar marking of a white gTowth or downy sub- 

 stance in seed cavities; color, skin yellow, striped with two shades of 

 I'ed, rather dull in color, giving it a brownish-red ai^pearance; flesh, 



