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to narrow and rounded, ajiex rounded to sharp conic, faii'ly regular, 

 slightly compressed, fairly equal sides, fairly uniform in any given 

 locality; color, clear greenish yellow, covered with dull pinkish red to 

 bright or deep red, 50 per cent, to 90 per cent, mottled, splashed and 

 striped, deepening almost to blush on sunny side; bloom, medium, 

 greasy or waxy; skin, medium thick, rather tough, smooth and shining; 

 dots, inconspicuous, few to medium, small to medium, roundish, whitish 

 to yellowish or russet, scattered, slightly raised; cavity, shallow to very 

 deep, medium to very wide, flaring to abrupt, acute to acuminate, 

 fairly regular, filled with russet; stem, short to very long, medium to 

 slender, curved, brownish red, smooth; basin, very shallow to very 

 deep, medium to very wide, generally abrupt, round obtuse, almost 

 always very regular; calyx, closed to partly open, medium size, pu- 

 bescent; segments, medium size, long, pointed, reflexed; tube, very 

 short to very long, medium width, conic or funnel form, median sta- 

 mens, pistil point present ; core, axile to very abaxile, medium or below, 

 central, turbinate to oval, with clasi^ing core lines; cells, closed to open, 

 medium in size, symmetrical to asymmetrical ; carjoels, roundish to 

 obovate, emarginate, usually slightly slit, medium concave; seeds, few 

 to medium, fairly plump, medium in size, brownish red, oval, pointed; 

 axis, straight, rather short to very long; flesh, white, sometimes slightly 

 tinged with yellowish, rather coarse, generally very firm, medium juicy 

 to dry; flavor, mild subacid, often slightly aromatic, sometimes rather 

 flat, sometimes slightly astringent; quality, jDoor to good. 



Ben Hur. 



This a comparatively new sort, offered bj Stark Brothers of 

 Louisiana, J\Io., who state that it originated in Perry County, 

 Ind., and that it is a cross of the Ben Davis and Rome Beauty. 

 Prof. J. C. Whitten writes me, " From the characters of both 

 fruit and tree, I should unhesitatingly put Ben Ilur in the Ben 

 Davis type." Stark Brothers describe it as follows : — 



Tree, a strong, thrifty grower, young bearer, productive; fruit, fully 

 as large or larger than Ben Davis, brilliantly striped and s^jlashed with 

 red; flesh, tender, fine grained, juicy, highly flavored, excellent. 



Black Ben Davis. 

 This variety is said to have originated near Fayetteville, Ark., 

 about the year 1880. An earnest controversy has arisen as to 

 whether it is identical with the Gano. A number of samples of 

 apples were received under these two names and examined with 

 some care. It was easy to distinguish t^'o types of apples, but 



