Gano
- From
- Kentucky
- Description
- Some believe that Gano is the same as Black Ben Davis. It certainly resembles Black Ben Davis very closely but the preponderance of evidence at present seems to favor the opinion that it is of distinct origin
- Flesh quality
- firm, moderately tender, rather coarse, moderately crisp. juicy, mild sub-acid. good or nearly good in quality.
- Flesh color
- white, yellow tinged
- Skin quality
- smooth, waxy, clear
- Skin color
- yellow, pink-red mottled, striped, pink-red blushed, purple
- Sizes
- large, medium
- Shape
- uniform, round, regular, conical
- Keeping quality
- good
- Uses
- market
- Eating season starts in
- December
- Eating season ends in
- May
- Also known as
- Black Ben Davis
- Jacks Red
- Ozark
- Payten
- Reagan
- Red Ben Davis
-
Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 1 (Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1905), 135.