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As a conclusion to this whole matter, then, the Executive Committee 

 finds as follows : 



1. The "Gano, Black Ben Davis Committee" decided correctly when 

 they said, there was no difference between the two. 



2. The State Society did right when it endorsed the findings of this 

 committee unanimously. 



3. The U. S. Pomologist and the Department of Pomology by all 

 its staff have given their decision that the two are identical. 



4. The careful personal examinations made every day during the 

 World's Fair by every member of the Executive Committee, justify their 

 hearty approval of this finding. 



5. The various judges who passed on the fruits shown at the 

 World's Fair never called them distinct varieties. These judges were 

 some twenty or more of the most expert pomologists in the United 

 States and came from all parts of our country and not one of them 

 pronounced them different. 



6. The U. S. Department of Pomology, Prof. W. H. Ragan, 

 Expert in Nomenclature, has published a record from the Department and 

 he declares the Black Ben Davis is a synonym of Gano, just the same 

 as he declares the N. Y. Pippin a synonym of Ben Davis. 



7. The "Black Ben Davis," now listed as "Black Ben" by some, is 

 the same in every respect, shape, size, quality, texture and color of 

 flesh; color, spots or dots, characteristics of stem and blossom and keep- 

 ing qualities ; growth of tree and productiveness, each varying as to color 

 and stripes somewhat, because of locality, soil and climate. No dif- 

 ference can be discovered which would justify the payment of any greater 

 prices for the trees than for Gano. 



GANO APPLE. 



Although this apple dates back to the year 1839, the first record 

 we have of the appearance of the Gano apple before the State Hor- 

 ticultural Society for name is found in its annual report of the year 

 1883, where it is described as follows by the Committee on New 

 Fruits. The apple was shown by Mr. Gano of Platte county and 

 supposed to be a seedling: 



"Size, above medium ; slightly oblong, varying to roundish ovate ; 

 color, beautiful bright carmine to dark red ; stem, medium in size and 

 length, set in a deep cavity surrounded by greenish russett; calix 

 closed. or partly open in a medium basin; flesh white, tender, medium 

 juicy, mild, sub-acid; core and seed large; skin thick; quality good to 

 very good ; season, early winter ; well worthy of trial." 



