. John A. Cannedy's fruit book : fruit and ornamental trees, small fruits, grape vines, roses, shrubs, Nursery stock Illinois Catalogs; Fruit trees Illinois Catalogs; Fruit trees Middle West Catalogs; Ornamental trees Illinois Catalogs; Ornamental trees Middle West Catalogs; Roses Illinois Catalogs; Roses Middle West Catalogs; Berries Illinois Catal. IS. A .six-year old Ben Davis Orchard. Champion (Trade-marked by Stark Bros.)—Originated in northwestern Ar- kansas. Tree vigorous. Fruit, medium; smooth and round; color, yellow covered and streaked with red; fruit varies as to coloring; fl
. John A. Cannedy's fruit book : fruit and ornamental trees, small fruits, grape vines, roses, shrubs, Nursery stock Illinois Catalogs; Fruit trees Illinois Catalogs; Fruit trees Middle West Catalogs; Ornamental trees Illinois Catalogs; Ornamental trees Middle West Catalogs; Roses Illinois Catalogs; Roses Middle West Catalogs; Berries Illinois Catal. IS. A .six-year old Ben Davis Orchard. Champion (Trade-marked by Stark Bros.)—Originated in northwestern Ar- kansas. Tree vigorous. Fruit, medium; smooth and round; color, yellow covered and streaked with red; fruit varies as to coloring; flesh, white, tender, and good; a good cooking apple. Excellent late keeper. Fameuse—Ponime de Meige, Sanguineus, Snotv—Of Canadian origin. Tree moderately vigorous, rather diverging. Fruit, small to medium; roundish, somewhat flattened: color, greenish yellow, often entirely overspread with rich dark red; flesh, very white, tender juicy, with a slight perfume, sub acid; high flavored, but flavor deteriorates. October to January. The jury marked the fruit exhibits on a scale of points. That which graded from one to five was awarded honorable mention: fruit that graded from six to ten was given a brenze medal: eleven to fifteen, a silver medal, and fiom sixteen to twenty, a gold medal. Twenty was perfect. I am pleased to report that the Illinois State Society in every com- petition secured a gold medal. There were eleven of these competitions, so Illinois took eleven gold medals as a State Society exhibit and four additional gold medals were awarded to individual exhibits from Illinois. Being in a position to ascertain the nun-K- ings of the jury. I can state here thac the markings on the Illinois fruit were higher t han that of the fruit from any other state in the United States or Canada, on two occasions being marked 18. on another 19. and once 20 on a scale of 4>(). In addition to these prizes awarded during the exposition. Illinois received at the close of the exposi
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