Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-11-11 | Page 4 | The Ben Davis Apple

THE BEN DAVIS APPLE. It Is liecommg quite the fad for Jim Crow writers In some Hnstetn farm pa-pera pa-pera tn deer) the Hen Davis apple as unlit for mirket and unnnrth) a place In an orchard It would bo 11 safe I lopnsltlon to bet Ihnt a goodly per cent nf such writers could not tell the difference between a Ben Davis npple and n Itamhnulllet ram, set Ihe) prate olxmt ihe nualll) or lack of quallt), with the air of nn expert. The truth of the mailer Is that no person who Is a Judge of fruit, ever claimed high quallt) fnr the Den Davis yet good Judges refuse tn relegate It lo the lowest place The contention nf all advneatea of the Uen Davis spple Is that It possesses pos-sesses more good points, commercially speaking than any apple )et propagated propa-gated The Ben Davis tret is hardy, a thrifty grower, early and abundant bearer, regular In bearing annual crops good color and a long keeper Few, If any other apples combine so many desirable de-sirable points The trouble that has given the Hen Duvls a loir place In the list as to quallt) Is the custom of putting put-ting this apple on tho market In the fall along with the Jonnthan, Baldwin. Clreenlng. Hpltsenbcrg and other fancy upples of the very best quality, 'lho Uen Davis la not tit Its best until after thoso other apples are gone and then has considerable Inherent quality ln addition ad-dition to bring free from the comparison compari-son which Is against It While theie are probably one hundred hun-dred varieties nf apples that are better In quality ind bring higher prices than Ihe Ben Davis, It Is doubtful It a ten-acre ten-acre orchard of any variety or combination combi-nation of sorts will bring more profit to the grower In the course of ten years than vv ill this old reliable regular hesi-cr hesi-cr and king of all commercial apples