The Dickinson press., 1897-04-17
MATTERS OF INTEREST 70
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HE tree Ii . good
one. bears early.
annually and pro
ILLEGALLY. writes ].
Y. Stone In Nichi-
gan Fruit Grower.
The apple 10 beau
uful In shape. size
and color. It ID
pre-eminently q
good shipper ana
long keeper. For

500 IL 1a0 Nv
In the appearance. palatableness or
utility Of the finished product. Cooked
sr uncooked It 10, in its season, agree
able and healthful. In qualities o.
solid merit for all purposes to wnicf
mankind applies 1t. except Tor cioef
and the h%ypercritical taste ut dessert
It is superior to all other apples. This
renders it the favorite in commerce
and gives 1t the worlds verdict.
A few hundred people have for
many years debated its quality as
a mere table fruit. Seventy mil
lions Of Americans and perhaps all
apple-eating people elsewhere. either
not knowing Of the discussion or caring
nothing about 1t, buy and use this APP
pie when they can get 1t. The Ben
Davis apple. like Grants g~eneralship.
is often criticized, but always triumph
ant. It is a development that meets
need as nothing else Of it's kind has
done. It has pleased the worlds eye.
1t has convinced the worlds Judgment
It Is beautiful. useful, enduring. lts
deficiencies cannot contend against its
merits. It is not to be Judged by the
palate alone. 1t suffers in quality only
in comparison with q very few other
varieties inferior to It In all other re-
spects. Applying to It the test OF quail
ity alone a comparatively few mem
experts Of overturned taste-have pro
nounced against It. But It sells Tor
the highest price in the spring. The
worlds judgment is against them. But,
they say. this 10 when all other apples
have persisted. This statement. tr'Ie.
only to the extent that this apple out
lasts all others. brings into prominence
one Of its chief merits. namely. It's Mt
ness to survive it's rivals. A thing that
entirely succeeds 10 u~nassailable BY
fact or logic. Persons engaged in spe-
cialties become mentally overturned
and hyper sensitive on their subjects.
Because the Ben Davis 10 not the equal
In quality of half q dozen varieties OK
~transcendent excellence in that respect,
but otherwise deficient, q few hundred
men Of acutely critical judgment have
rejected 1t. Nature IL not bounteous
In her super-eminent productions. Be-
ing prerequisite they come in dimin-
lshed quantities and soon perish. The
toiling millions waste no time in vain
regrets over them, but cheerfully ac-
cept natures offering. It Is only among
the select four hundred-mainly MEM
bers of horticultural societies and over
educated-that we hear lamentations
over the depravity Of tho Ben Davis;
and these hasten to buy it before 1t is
all taken in the second quarter Of the
year. When 1t comes to the tug OF
war the intellect is no match for the
appetite.
The Ben Davis will not down. It is
an established, accomplished fact. 1t
Is entrenched in the good will and
sound judgment Of the practical mil
lions. Late in the season the epicure
ceases his fight and graves for 1t, and
the millionaire finds 1t a delight. 1t Is
a commoner and a king. 1t will never
surrender to criticism or denunciatton.
When 1t falls 1t will fall before Q rival
which nature shall produce, strong
where 1t is both strong and deficient.
Such a rival has not yet appeared.