1914 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



' BEN DAVIS. 



One of the most popular market apples in the southwestern and western states 

 because of its great productiveness, hardiness, good color and its keeping and shipping 

 qualities. Highly valued by some growers in Canada, but condemned by others on 

 account of its inferior quality. The tree blossoms late and therefore usually escapes 

 damage from late frosts. 



BEX DAVIS. 



SECTION OF BEN DAVIS. 



ORIGIN: variously credited 

 to Tennessee, Kentucky and 

 Virginia. Scions taken from 

 Kentucky to Southern Il- 

 linois about 1820. 



TREE: spreading, fairly 

 vigorous, very productive, and 

 early bearing. 



FRUIT : medium to large; 

 roundish, truncated conical, 

 unequal; color yellow, striped 

 and splashed with red, hav- 

 ing scattered aureole dots: 

 stem slender, one to one and 

 a half inches long in a deep 

 cavity; calyx erect, partly 

 closed in a deep, wide basin. 



FLESH: white, not very 

 crisp, mildly subacid. 



QUALITY: dessert, poor; 

 cooking, fairly good. 



VALUE: home market, 

 second class; foreign market, 

 first class. 



SEASON: January to May or 

 June. 



