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Apple Cultivars Released from
the
Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station
Walter
Williams wrote in the 1904 “State of Missouri — an autobiography”
“(Missouri) now has 25,000,000 apple trees, a third more than any other
state in the union “. This early industry was based primarily on the
indestructible ‘Ben Davis’ apple which could be successfully shipped
in barrels. The major focus of the State Fruit Experiment Station breeding
program was to combine the indestructible characteristics of ‘Ben
Davis’ with the higher quality and choice flavors of ‘Red Delicious’
and ‘Jonathan’. 'Ozark Gold', a much later release from this program, is
the most important commercial apple released from the State Fruit
Experiment Station.
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