38 THE APPLE IN COLD STORAGE. 



Ben Davis — Continued. 



.Massachusetts Agricultural College Experiment Station, Amherst, Hampshire 



County, Mass.: Small and hard; picked October 13, 1902, stored October 15; 



May 1, 1903, firm and sound. 

 W. S. Miller, Gerrardstown, Berkeley County, W. Va. : Firm, well colored, No. 1 ; 



picked October 2, 1901, stored October 18; May 1, 1902, firm, no rot or scald. 

 New York State Experiment Station, Geneva, Ontario County, X. Y. : Small, hard, 



light colored; date of picking undetermined, stored November 12, 1902; May 1, 



1903, seniifirm, no scald or decay; similar in 1902. 

 Ozark Orchard Company, Goodman, McDonald County, Mo. : Medium to very 



large, well colored; picked October 10, 1902, stored October 28; March 10, 1903, 



overripe, slightly wilted, considerable decay. 



F. H. Speakman, Neosho, Newton County, Mo.: Sound, well colored, No. 1; 

 picked October 24, 1901, stored October 28; March 20, 1902, in good market 

 condition, slight rot and scald. 



G. E. Spohr, Manhattan, Riley County, Kans. : Small, poorly colored; picked 

 October 11, 1901, stored October 18; March 20, 1902, badly shriveled, no decay 

 or scald; received through Kansas Experiment Station. 



Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Ya. : 

 Small, well colored, somewhat wormy; picked September 26, 1901, stored Octo- 

 ber 8; May 1, 1902, seniifirm, no scald, decay slight. 

 Black GillifLower. Synonym: Gilliflower. 



G. G. Hitchings, South Onondaga, Onondaga County, N. Y. : Light colored, No. 1; 

 trees about 100 years old; picked October 1, 1902, stored October 4; May 1, 1903, 

 in prime commercial condition; similar for fruit picked in 1901. 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College Experiment Station, Amherst, Hampshire 

 County. Mass.: Dull colored, No. 2; picked October 10, 1902, stored October 15; 

 firm until January 1, 1903; decayed badly after February 1. 

 G. T. Powell, Ghent, Columbia " County, N. Y. : Well colored, No. 1; picked 

 October 16, 1902, stored October 19; February 1, 1903, badly injured by rot. 

 Black Oxford. 



Z. A. Gilbert, Farmington, Franklin County, Me. : Hard, dull colored, No. 1 ; 

 date of picking midetermined, stored November 10, 1902; May 1, 1903, firm, no 

 scald or rot. 

 Blacldidg . (See Arkansas and Paragon.) 

 Bonuni. 



A. A. Boggs, Waynesville, Hay wood County, N. C. : Bright, dark red, No. 1; picked 

 September 15, 1902, stored September 26; May 1, 1903, firm, no rot or scald. 

 Borsdorf. 



New York State Experiment Station, Geneva, Ontario County, X. Y. : Small, 

 light colored; picked September 19, 1902, stored September 27; March 14, 1903, 

 soft, badly decayed. 



Buckingham. 

 New York State Experiment Station, Geneva, Ontario County, N. Y.: Small, hard, 

 and immature; picked September 25, 1902, stored September 27; May 1, 1903. 

 firm, no decay, scalds slight; commercial limit April 1. 



Buler. Synonym: Jonathan of Buler. 

 New York Experiment Station, Geneva, Ontario County, N. Y.: Light red, No. 1; 

 picked September 20, 1902, stored September 27; commercial limit February 1, 

 1903, after which fruit scalded badly, but remained firm till April 1. 



Canada Red. (See Red Canada.) 



