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Second sheet, Variety Ben Davis (#4988 - E : 5-6 : 3)

Storage notes:
1926 crop held in office refrigerator aside
from some shriveling. Remarkably
highly satiny appearance of flesh in cutting
was noted.  In maturity, eating ripe but
hard to imagine an apple so nearly completely
lacking in flavor (taste) as these.  Not unpleasant,
simply nearly tasteless. Lacking in juiciness.

Vigor of Tree:  Exceptionally strong average weak.  Size:
Exceptionally large average small.

Foliage: Very abundant normal scanty. Leaves: Very large
medium small; Color: Light dark normal.

Habit of Growth: Very upright roundish broad flat spreading.
Central leader: Partially retained disappeared.

Branching:
Main limbs: Very medium long short; Very medium slender
stout; Medium straight crooked.
Secondary limbs: Numerous medium few: Medium slender open
dense; Willowoy.
Spurs: Very many medium few; Very medium slender stout;
½ - 1 - 2 - 3 inch; Mostly branched unbranched;
Spur twigs: Few medium many; Terminal bearing mostly
considerable slight none

General aspect of tree:  Medium slender open dense stocky
grower; Top round much broader narrower than tall.

Illustrations:
Tree photographed

Fruit painted Several    Fruit modeled

Fruit described Many

Disease notes by J. W. Roberts;

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