New YorK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 343 
GROUP SiG) Daoist: 
APORT GROUP. 
Large, handsome, fall apples, coarse in texture and of medium 
quality. Some members of the group are adapted to all parts of 
New York. 
Alexander, Bismarck, Judson, 
Aport, Constantine, McMahon, 
Aport Orient, Great Mogul, Thompson, 
Arabskoe, Howard Best, Wolf River. 
Bietigheimer, 
BALDWIN GROUP. 
Highly colored, long keeping, well flavored, rather large apples 
with similarities in texture, flavor, form and color markings. Trees 
winterkill in the northern districts but are well adapted to all other 
districts. 
Babbitt, Olympia, Sutton, 
Baldwin, Red Russet, Tufts. 
BEN DAVIS GROUP. 
Rather large, bright red, coarse and solid in texture, indifferent 
flavor, thick skin, shipping well and keeping well. 
Arkansas Beauty, Dickinson, Gano, 
Arkansas Belle, Eicke, Shackleford, 
Ben Davis, Etris, Shirley, 
Black Ben Davis, Florence, Wallace Howard. 
Coffelt, 
| BLACK GILLIFLOWER GROUP. 
Medium size, dark red, oblong, ribbed apples of good quality 
but rather dry and coarse in texture. Less hardy than the Baldwin 
group. Particular as to soils. 
Black Gilliflower, Scollop Gilliflower, Striped Gilliflower. 
Lady Finger, Skelton, 
BLUE PEARMAIN GROUP. 
Somewhat large, dull red with bluish bloom, mild flavor, fair 
quality, dense texture and thick skins. Adapted to northern con- 
ditions and for most part valuable there only. 
