192 EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



basin, medium in depth and width, abrupt, truncate conic, smooth and 

 nearly regidar; calyx, closed or j)artly open, rather small, pubescent; 

 segments, medium, short, pointed, rellexed; tube, long, medium in 

 breadth, funnel form, stamens median or basal, pistil point present; 

 core, abaxile, medium to small, central, oval turbinate, core lines clasp- 

 ing; cells, closed, rather small, symmetrical; carpels, roundish to obo- 

 vate, emarginate, smooth, concavity medium; seeds, medium to many, 

 plump medium brown, irregular or oval, obtuse; axis, medium straight; 

 flesh, white, slightly tinged with yellowish green, firm, moderately 

 coarse, medium juicy; flavor, brisk subacid; quality, good. Described 

 from nine specimens received from the New York Experiment Station. 



Sweet Ben Davis. * 



Concerning this variety, ITeiges makes the following state- 

 ment in the report of the })omologist for 1805. The apples were 

 from Prof. John T. Stinson of Fayetteville, Ark., who pre- 

 sumably furnished the facts of origin, etc. 



Originated about 1870 on farm of Garret Williams in Madison 

 county, Ark. The tree resembles Ben Davis in shape, wood and leaf, 

 and is nearly as good a bearer. The fruit ripens about two Aveeks 

 earlier than Ben Davis. Roundish, truncated, slightly oblique, slightly 

 unequal; large, smooth, except for a few russet knobs; greenish yellow, 

 Avashed with ])ale red, strijied and splashed with crimson; dots, numerous 

 brown; cavity, large, regular, deeji, abrupt furrowed and russet netted; 

 calyx segments, short, Avide, converging or slightly rellexed; eye, large, 

 jiartially ojten ; skin, thick, tough ; core, large, roundish, clasj^ing, nearly 

 closed; seeds, numerous, large, angular, brown; flesh, Avhitish satiny, 

 juicy; sAveet; good; season, winter. 



]yhite Ben Davis. 



Professor Stinson says that this apple has been found in sca-- 

 eral orchards in Missouri. I do not know that it has been much 

 disseminated or that it is noAV offered for sale. 



It has been said that a list of forty varieties Avas under con- 

 sideration. Only twenty arc giv(>n as belonging to this group. 

 Of the remaining ones the folloAving varieties, that have by va- 

 rious writers been more or less clearly and definitely assigned to 

 this group, are considered to })roper]y belong clscAvhere : — 



Beach. 



Dickenson. 



Gill (Gill Beauty). 



Loy. 



Kul ledge. 

 "Wallace lluAvard. 



