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a beautiful dark red color, while that from Cloverland 

 was dull in color and poor in texture. 



Esopus (Spitzenburg).— This is almost the only variety 

 which the writer has examined that attains the first rank 

 as a dessert apple in this state. In certain sections it dis- 

 plays a better balance of adaptation so far as flesh charac- 

 ters are concerned than any other variety. The samples 

 obtained from White Salmon and the irrigated valleys 

 were of excellent quality as dessert apples, though of 

 scarcely as good texture as the variety attains in the east. 

 Overgrown apples are especially coarse in texture. West 

 of the Cascades and in the more elevated locations the 

 Esopus does not reach as high quality as elsewhere. This 

 variety is inclined to wilt in storage unless well grown. 



Gano.— This is an apple of the Ben Davis type, but of a 

 more uniform red color. Practically all the remarks in- 

 cluded under Ben Davis, aside from those dealing with the 

 distribution of color, apply equally well to the Gano. At 

 its best, the Gano is of slightly better quality than the Ben 

 Davis, which fact, together with its more handsome ap- 

 pearance, renders it a more desirable variety to plant, yet 

 neither can be recommended in a section desirous of build- 

 ing up a reputation and market for dessert apples. It is 

 interesting that both the highest color and the best as well 

 as the poorest quality was attained by apples from the 

 east and middle west. 



Grimes (Grimes Golden) . — This variety, like the Ben 

 Davis, displays considerable variation in form, depending 

 on the locality of production. The specimens from the 

 middle west were roundish to decidedly oblate, while those 

 grown in Washington were all more or less elongated. 

 Those grown west of the Cascades displayed a greater 

 tendency to a conical shape than those from the eastern 

 part of the state, and were also poorer in quality. When 

 grown in the more elevated sections, as at Pullman, 

 Grimes appears poorly developed and immature and is 

 inferior in size and quality. Those from Grandview dis- 

 played the best balance of characters and it seems prob- 



