302 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY REPORT. 
division of the State into nine fruit districts this division being 
based on the natural flora of the different districts and the weather 
records as given by the Government Weather Bureau Stations. 
Lists of varieties of apples are given for each one of these districts. 
In each case the list is divided into three classes; first, those worthy 
of trial, that is, apples whose general characters appear to indicate 
adaptability to that section; second, those recommended, that is, 
tried to a limited degree; third, those well recommended, that 1s, 
apples tested for a sufficient length of time so that there can be 
no doubt as to their adaptation. The characters of the various 
districts, both as to soil and climatic conditions, are indicated in 
the text that precedes the list of varieties for each district. 
There is also presented a list of varieties tested at the Experiment 
Station and found unworthy of further trial in New York State, 
and a list of varieties not sufficiently tested to find a place in the 
descriptions of the apples of New York. 
The last pages of this bulletin contain a list of all varieties men- 
tioned, tabulated after the manner made popular by the American 
Pomological Society. Briefly, this consists of: First, a column giving 
the name of the variety; second, various columns giving size, form, 
color, flavor, quality, season, use and origin; third, a column for 
each apple district in New York State with a star or two 
stars, opposite a variety to indicate whether it is recommended for 
trial only or for more general planting. A dash indicates that the 
variety in question is not recommended for that district. The last, 
and perhaps most valuable, portion of the table is a column entitled 
“ Remarks.” Here there are crowded in, in small type, from 
three to fifteen words giving the salient features of the variety. 
For instance we find opposite the Ben Davis variety: “ Tree hardy, 
healthy, vigorous, productive. Lacking in quality.’ Opposite 
Esopus Spitzenburg is recorded: “ Lacks vigor. Uncertain in pro- 
ductiveness. Standard in quality. Adapted to some localities.” 
And so on. Six hundred and twenty-eight varieties of apples and 
crabapples are thus tabulated, including practically all that any fruit 
grower would ever have occasion to look up. 
THINNING APPLES 
The question of thinning fruits is one that has been agitated by 
fruit growers everywhere; especially has this been the case since 
* Bul. 275, p. 18. 
