CONTENTS 



Page. 



Introduction 7 



Description of the Coastal Plain region 8 



Geographical location 8 



Topography and elevation 10 



Soil 10 



Climate H 



The summer-apple industry of this region 16 



Development 16 



Present status and extent 17 



Natural advantages and possibilities of this region for summer-apple produc- 

 tion 18 



Growing the fruit 19 



Handling the fruit 19 



Methods and conditions 19 



Harvesting 20 



Grading and packing 20 



Packages 21 



Methods of selling the fruit .21 



Markets and the place held by summer apples 22 



The problem of varieties 22 



Considerations governing selection 22 



Discussion of important varieties 23 



Promising varieties for trial 49 



Other varieties 50 



Summary of varieties 51 



Phonological records 53 



Character of data 53 



Phenological observers 54 



Description of plates - 90 



Index 91 



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