Ontario Sessional Papers, 1898-99, . Ben Davis. At the Worlds Fair in 1893, some of the finest apples shown by Iowa, British Columbiaand Oregon were the Ben Davis. It is a profitable market Origin, brought from NorthCarolina to Kentucky with a lotof other seedling apples by Davis. Scions taken fromKentucky to Southern Illinoisabout 1820. Tree, spreading, fairly vigor-ous and very productive. Fruit, medium to large,roundish, truncated conical, un-equal ; color, yellow, striped andsplashed with red, having scat-tered areole dots ; stem, slender,one to one and a half inche
Ontario Sessional Papers, 1898-99, . Ben Davis. At the Worlds Fair in 1893, some of the finest apples shown by Iowa, British Columbiaand Oregon were the Ben Davis. It is a profitable market Origin, brought from NorthCarolina to Kentucky with a lotof other seedling apples by Davis. Scions taken fromKentucky to Southern Illinoisabout 1820. Tree, spreading, fairly vigor-ous and very productive. Fruit, medium to large,roundish, truncated conical, un-equal ; color, yellow, striped andsplashed with red, having scat-tered areole dots ; stem, slender,one to one and a half inches longin a deep cavity ; calyx, erect,partly closed in a deep, widebasin. Flesh, white, tender, mild,sub-acid. Quality, dessert, poor; cook-ing, fairly good : home market,good; foreign market, very good. Season, January to May.(Bay of Quinte station.) Section of Ben Davis. Adaptation. Succeeds remarkably well at the Georgian Bay and Bay of Quinte stations. 62 Victoria. Sessional Papers (No. 21 A. 1899 CABASHEA. (Twenty Ounce Pippin).
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