. The fruits of Ontario. Fruit-culture. 1905 FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 29 BEN DAVIS. One of the most popular market apples in the southweBtern and western states because of its great productiveness, hardiness, good color and its keeping and shipping qualities. Highly valued by some growers in Canada, but condemned by others on account of its inferior quality.. Ben Davis. Oeigin : brought from North Carolina to Kentucky with a lot of other seedling apples by Mr. Ben Davis. Scions taken from Kentucky to Southern Illinois about 1820. Tree : spreading, fairly vigor- ous and very productive. Feuit : mediu
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. The fruits of Ontario. Fruit-culture. 1905 FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 29 BEN DAVIS. One of the most popular market apples in the southweBtern and western states because of its great productiveness, hardiness, good color and its keeping and shipping qualities. Highly valued by some growers in Canada, but condemned by others on account of its inferior quality.. Ben Davis. Oeigin : brought from North Carolina to Kentucky with a lot of other seedling apples by Mr. Ben Davis. Scions taken from Kentucky to Southern Illinois about 1820. Tree : spreading, fairly vigor- ous and very productive. Feuit : medium to large roundish, truncated conical, un- equal ; color yellow, striped and splashed with red, having scat- tered aureole dots; stem slender, one to one and a half inches long in a deep cavity ; calyx erect, partly closed in a deep, wide basin. Flesh : dull, white, mild, subacid. Quality : dessert, poor; cook- ing, fairlv good. Value : home market, second class; foreign market, first-class. Season : Januarv to Mav. Section of Ben Davis.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Toronto : printed by L. K. Cameron