Fruit Varieties and Horticultural Digest (J Fruit Var & Hort Digest)
Volume 15 Number 4 Article 8 Pages: 68-68
Year 1961 Month 6
Title: Beacon vs Fenton Apple
Author: APS Citation
Abstract:
In a letter published in the October,
1960 issue of the Hoosier Horticulture
Newsletter, W. D. Weeks, of
the University of Massachusetts has
the following to say with regard to the
Beacon vs Fenton apple controversy:
"In our work of inspecting fruit
tree nurseries for trueness-to-name,
we have observed the Fenton for several
years, and have come to the conclusion
that Fenton is identical with
the Beacon variety which was introduced
by the Minnesota Station.
In
over 30 years of this work, we have
never found two distinct varieties to
have identical vegetative characters.
We have propagated Beacon and Fenton
in our own nursery, and cannot
find any differences in vegetative characters
of one- and two-year nursery
trees.
As a result of our studies, we
believe that Fenton is identical with
Beacon, and that the Fenton should
be discontinued.
In order to avoid
confusion, we strongly urge everyone
to use the variety name Beacon."
