Gano Apple

Fruit large; form roundish, slightly conic ; skin smooth ; color light yellow, covered with rich crimson red. Some little mottled; dots small, numerous, yellow; stem medium slender; cavity wide, deep, green, regular; calyx rather large, slightly open; segments short, erect; basin narrow, abrupt, rather deep, very slightly furrowed; core large, wide, closed; carpels small, hollow; seeds large, ovate, dark brown; flesh very white, tender, moderately juicy, very mild sub-acid; quality good; season, December to March. Tree vigorous, hardy and very productive, very much like Ben Davis ; origin, Parkville, Mo. This is one of the new market apples which may take the place of Ben Davis, as it appears to possess all the qualities of it, is a much handsomer apple and will sell better. It is adapted to the same range of country the Ben Davis is, and perhaps further north. It is highly recommended in Missouri and Kansas. An apple that can take the place of Ben Davis is valuable wherever it can be grown.

Fig. 1. The Gano Apple.

Fig. 2. The York Imperial.

York Imperial, Fig. 2. Fruit medium to large; form oblate, oblique ribbed, irregularly compressed; color light yellow, striped and mixed with brownish red; dots small, few, gray; stem short, medium ; cavity wide, deep, irregular, wavy; calyx small, closed; basin wide, shallow, furrowed or ribbed; core small, solid ; carpels wide, compact; seeds long, ovate, dark brown; flesh white, firm, juicy, crisp, sprightly sub-acid; quality good to very good; season, December to March ; origin, York county, Penna. Tree vigorous, hardy, upright, spreading ; an early bearer, and very prolific. This apple we introduced into this country thirty years ago, and find it one of the very best, keeping about as long as Ben Davis, and is a much better apple. It should not be omitted in planting out a commercial orchard. It has about the same range as Ben Davis and will succeed wherever it does.

Seedless Apple

Fruit medium; form roundish oblate, conic, oblique ; color greenish yellow, some mixed and splashed with dark red, some russet; dots small, numerous, russet; stem rather long, slender; cavity rather narrow, deep, russeted; calyx very large, open; segments large, fleshy, being part of the fruit, five in number, distinctly divided and inclined inward; basin wide, deep, with prominent protuberances; core small, solid; carpels nearly wanting, closed; seeds few or none, medium-sized, ovate, dark brown ; flesh yellowish white, firm, juicy, mild, sprightly subacid; quality good; season, April until September; a very long keeper; origin, Western Virginia, near Bucannon, on French Creek. The seed cells of this apple are below in the calyx, as shown in the cut; few, if any above in the core. This apple we received in 1876 at the Centennial, at Philadelphia, from Mr. Lysander Barrett, of Smicksburg, Indiana county, Pa. We did not at the time consider it of very much value except it might be a long keeper, and was certainly a great curiosity.

Fig. 3. Seedless Apple.

We scarcely think this the same apple described in the January number of The American Garden, although it possesses many of the same characteristics.*

Adam And Eve

Fruit below medium; form roundish oblate conic, double, perfectly united, one larger than the other; color bright yellow, covered, mixed and splashed with bright rosy red, very handsome and attractive; dots small, numerous, distinct, gray; stem long, stout, double below; cavity wide, deep; two calyxs separated, closed; segments long, erect; basins very narrow and shallow, or none; cores double, open; carpels large, hollow ; seeds small, angular, long, dark brown; flesh yellowish white, stained beneath the skin, tender, juicy, sprightly, pleasant sub-acid; quality very good; season, winter; said to be hardy and a good bearer. A seedling originated by Joseph Rymal, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, of whom I received specimens in 1876, at the Centennial, Philadelphia. He said the tree uniformly bore the same kind of apples. A large plate of them were exhibited that were very much admired for their great beauty, as well as for their singularity.

Fig. 4. Adam and Eve.

Benham

Fruit medium to large ; form oblate, compressed, slightly angular and irregular; color deep yellow, covered, mixed and splashed with light and deep bright, rich red, very handsome; dots small, scattered, light and gray; stem short, slender ; cavity wide, deep russeted; calyx large, open ; segments short, erect; basin very wide and rather shallow, irregular, furrowed ; core medium, compact; carpels small, slightly hollow; seeds small, plump, ovate, dark brown ; flesh yellowish, a little coarse, rather firm, moderately juicy, mild, rich sub-acid ; quality very good; season, March. Tree said to be good grower, hardy and productive. Originated by F. M. Benham, Petoskey, Michigan. This is a very handsome apple, and appears to be a good keeper in Michigan ; specimens received in good order March 18. An apple as handsome as this would sell well in any market. It looks as if it might be a seedling of the Baldwin. It is adapted to all sections where the monthly mean temperature is the same as Michigan, but cannot be of any value in Kansas and in any other section of the same mean temperature, as it would be a coarse fall apple.

Fig. 5. The Benham Apple.

*It is to be observed that this apple comes from the same party as the one recorded by Mr. Fuller in the first American literature of the bloomless apple, and it is undoubtedly therefore the same. See American Garden, Jan., 1890, p. 7. - Ed. Am. G.

Kansas Beauty

Fruit large ; form oblate conic, sometimes slightly oblique ; color rich yellow, often with a blush very handsome; dots medium, numerous, suffused, white ; stem medium slender; cavity wide, deep, regular, yellow, sometimes slightly russeted; calyx rather small, closed, or very slightly open; segments short, erect; basin rather narrow, shallow, slightly furrowed; core rather small, closed ; carpels small, slightly open; flesh yellow, tender, juicy, mild, pleasant sub-acid, very good ; season, September to November in Kansas, about with Jonathan. A seedling of the McAfee, by the late Dr. W. M. Howsley, of this place. This is one of the finest and most showy apples, which would command the very highest price in any market. The tree appears hardy, erect, spreading and productive, and if it was grown about two hundred miles north of here, would be a valuable winter apple. All the above are fully distinct, and valuable.

Leavenworth, Kansas. J. Stayman.