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Gano. 



The exact origin of this variety is not perfectly clear. It is 

 said to have been grown l)y ]\Ir. Ely Jacks, in Howard Connty, 

 ]\Io., in 1840, and to have been somewhat disseminated in that 

 vicinity. It was first bronght to general notice in 1884, when it 

 was exhibited before the Missonri Ilorticultnral Society, and 

 about this time it was named Gano, for Mr. W. G. Gano who was 

 concerned wuth its introduction. Mr. Gano states that the orig- 

 inal tree came from a lot of Ben Davis, and was planted in the 

 orchard under the supposition that it was of that variety, but on 

 fruiting it proved to be diiferent. Prof. S. A. Beach advances 

 the theory that it is a bud sport of the Ben Davis.^ He thinks 

 that it is improbable that a seedling stock should prove to be so 

 like the Ben Davis, the variety supposedly worked on the stock. 

 If, however the Gano originated as a bud sport in the same way 

 that Red Gravenstein has originated from Gravenstein, and 

 Collamer Twenty Ounce from the original Twenty Ounce, then 

 the fact that the Gano appeared under propagation in a lot of 

 Ben Davis apple trees is easily and naturally accounted for. 



As compared with the Ben Davis, it is a little smaller, not 

 quite as prolific a bearer, considerably higher colored, perhaps 

 slightly better in quality, and sells for a little more per barrel. 

 It takes second jdace in importance in this group, and is being 

 planted in the southwest in place of the Ben Davis to a con- 

 siderable extent, but has been j^lanted but little in a commercial 

 way elsewhere. 



Description of Fruit. -^ Size, meclinra, uniform ; form, roundish, more 

 or less conic, nearly regular, slightly compressed, nearly equal sides, 

 rounded base, apex round or eonie, not very uniform ; color, clear 

 greenish yellow covered with deep rich red, 15 per cent, to 70 jjer cent., 

 mottled, blushed and striped, always blushed on sunny side, slightly 

 russet; bloom, rather light, waxy; skin, rather thick, medium tough, 

 smooth and shining; dots, inconspicuous, few, medium size, roundish, 

 gray, scattering, slightly raised; cavity, medium in depth and breadth, 

 sloping, acute, fairly regular, filled with greenish russet; stem, long, 

 slender, straight, brownish red, smooth ; basin, shallow, medium width, 

 steep to abrupt, ribbed and plaited; calyx, closed or partly open, me- 

 dium or above, pubescent; segments, medium to large, long, pointed, 



' Personal letter from S. A. Beach. 



