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of the tree to a few high spurs inaccessible alike to sprayer and picker. 

 The remed^'' for such conditions is complete renovation. 



TABLE 12. Relation of Age of Trees to Yield and Income Per Acre 



VARIETIES 



The distribution of varieties of apples grown in Ontario county follows 

 in general that 'of the State as given in " The Apples of New York."* 

 Of the 378 orchards for which the varieties were reported, 372 contained 

 Baldwins, 344 Greenings, 180 Northern Spy, 118 Tompkins King. These, 

 together with Roxbury (Russet), are the leading varieties, with the 

 Baldwin and Greening (Rhode Island) far in the lead. Other varieties 

 grown, naiTied in order of importance, are the Esopus (Spitzenberg), 

 Hubbardston, Wagener, Ben Davis, Fail Pippin, Tolman (Sweet), Pump- 

 kin (Pound) Sweet, Maiden Blush, Wealthy, Fallawater, Westfield, 

 Swaar, Stark, Gravenstein, Primate, Rome (Beauty), Red Astrachan, 

 Mclntosli, Twenty Ounce, Fameuse, Yellow Bellflower, Black Gilliflower, 

 Jonathan, Sutton (Beauty), Smokehouse, Sweet Winesap, Green Sweet, 

 Late Strawberry, Vandervere, Pewaukce, Arkansas, Oldenburg, Early 

 Harvest, Gano, Longfield, Lady Sweet, Rambo, Yellow Transparent, and 

 Tetofsky. There were fifty-four varieties reported, but several were 

 mentioned but once. 



PLANTING PLAN 



'About 91 per cent of the orchards are planted on the square plan. 

 (See title page.) Only one orchard is recorded as planted hexagonally , 

 and one according to the quincunx system. The others are planted in 

 risctangies. The' typical distance at which the orchards are planted is 



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* Beach. S. A- ■-,, The Apples of New York, 

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