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three are very similar in many respects, but the 

 Gano and Black Ben are perhaps of better 

 quality than the old type. A man who lives 

 near me in Indiana harvests Ganos from the 

 top of a certain tree and Ben Davis from the 

 lower branches. Taking the two sorts to the 

 apple show he won prizes on both varieties — 

 and the tree had not been top worked either. 



Delicious 



I have no doubt that the decline in the plant- 

 ing of Ben Davis has been largely due to the 

 recent introduction of very high quality va- 

 rieties. Of these none is more important or 

 more prominent than the Delicious. There is 

 no variety on the market to-day that is more 

 popular or that deserves higher praise. It has 

 given the public a new standard of apple qual- 

 ity with which the older varieties find it very 

 difficult to compete. The flavor is so distinct 

 and so different from that of any other apple 

 that the buyer is not likely to forget it or to 

 confuse it with the flavor of any other sort. 

 Also no other variety can successfully be sold 

 as a " Delicious," provided the buyer has once 

 tasted this new and well-named fruit. The 

 habits of the tree also make the variety a 

 favorite with orchardists because they are 

 healthy and vigorous and in many places come 

 into bearing at an early age. In our own 



