I,j2 EXPERIMENT STATION. [J-^"- 



,L, .ediu. in aept, and wi„..„ '^^:^::^;zi:X<^" 



nearly regular; ealyx, closed «' Pf "P™.' 'Jf Lg, medium in 

 segments, medium, short, P"-'-'' "'"=,^"'; j" ^^ „ ';„i„t present; 

 breadth, funnel form, stamens median »' j"^^^'' ^f ^^.^ ,;„^ „,,„. 

 core, abarile, medium to small, »"''»\ -'' ^'"^l ,Ush to obo- 

 i„g; cells, closed, rather small, ^^^^^^^'^^^^ to many, 

 vate, emarginate, smooth, concavrty "' '^ ™; J.-'^^ ^,ji„„ „,aight; 

 pl„mp medium brown, irregular or "^^-'^^l^' ^.^^ ^„a„alely 

 „csl,, xvhite. slightly tinged w. h ye lo«, h g.een h , .^^^ 



coarse, medium ^nicy; «-- ^^-^^'''^t' Y:Keriment Station, 

 from nine specimens received tiom tne XNtw x 



Sweet Ben Davis. 



Conce™i»o- tliis varietv, Heiges makes the following state- 

 LoncenuHo ,. •,, f,„. loor. The apples were 



nient in the report of the pomologist foi I8O0 xne u 

 from Prof. John T. Stiuson of FayettevtUe, A.k., who p.e 

 sumably furnished the facts of origin, etc. 



Originated about 1870 on fann of Garret AVrlliams in Madison 

 county. Ark. The tree resembles B- D- - ;^-;, ;, „,„ „,,,, 

 "V n:X:Zt %'::*. trtnct:!, sightly oblh.„e slightly 



washed with pale red, striped and «P'f ; ;;*; ^^ d russet netted; 

 brown; cavity, large, regular, deep, abrupi '';»"",, i„„e, 



calyx segments, short, wide conver-gnig » ;"f ^;. , \„, ^f, „early 

 partiallyopen;skin,tlnck,ton8h,co,e,la, e .01 , 



closed; seeds, numerous, large, angular, biown, ilesh, 

 juicy ; sweet ; good ; season, winter. 



White Ben Davis. 

 Professor Stinson says that this apple has heen found in sev- 

 ...lolras in Missouri. I do not know that tt has been tnuch 

 disseminated or that it is now o«-d f or sa e.^^ ^^^^ ^^_^^^^^ ^^^^_ 



It has been said that a libt oi ^^^^^ . 



• 1 f . Onlv twenty are iilveii as beloiignis.' to this gioup- 

 suleration. Uiil\ n\eiuv ^ +Lnt hnvo hv va- 



Of the remaining ones the following varieties, hat ha^e by ^a 

 Hons V iters hel more or less clearly an.l definitely assigned to 

 ^^o.V, -e eonsidered to properly belong elsewhere.- 



Beacli. 



Dickoiisoii. 



Gill (Gill Beauty). 



Loy. 



Rutlcdge. 

 Wallace Howard. 



