Grandmother Isabel Davis Adell was the granddaughter of Benjamin Davis who owned and operated an apple orchard on the Sturtevant Hill Road. Family tradition tells us he develped the Ben Davis Apple. One can still see remants of his apple orchard in that section of town - in fact I was telling someone about this not long ago (who lives near the old Davis Farm) and she said "I have an old apple tree on my lawn".
Of interest - at one time more apples were shipped out of Readfield, Maine (by train) than from any other railroad station in the state. The Ben Davis is a hard apple that was developed to ship via railroad for long distances without bruising. The Cortland is a cross between the MacIntosh and Ben Davis Apples.
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