Spitzenburg: a variety whose fruit is of high quality, but whose trees are 

 neither hardy nor productive, since they are susceptible to disease, especially fire- 

 blight. 



Spy: an apple of high quality. The cost of production is high, however, owing 

 to the fact that the tree is very slow in coming into bearing. 



St. Lawrence: a heavy bearing variety which, unfortunately, does not bring 

 by itself a good market price, and which, therefore, like the Canada Baldwin, 

 must be sold in mixed carloads with better selling varieties in order to secure a 

 fair price. 



Tompkins King: a large-growing tree, moderately hardy. The fruit is of high 

 quality, but inclines to water-core. It may show limited increase in some of the 

 favoured sections in the south end of the Valley, but will decrease generally. 



Wagener: a small-growing tree, of medium hardiness. The fruit, which is 

 subject to water-core, has lost favour on the market of late years. It should be 

 considered as a filler only. 



Winesap: a fruit of high quality, with a good market demand. This variety, 

 however, has a comparatively light yield in the districts studied. It may be 

 favourably considered for future planting in the extreme south end of the Valley 

 only. It will decrease in the fruit sections north of Penticton. 



Summary 



1. This report shows a comparison of twenty-five different varieties of 

 apples as to yield, grade, price and returns. 



2. A wide variation in yields is recorded for the different varieties. Some 

 are consistently heavy yielders, others consistently light yielders, while other 

 varieties vary directly with their age. 



3. The different yield records available 'for each variety show considerable 

 variation, and this fact suggests the possibility of raising the yield average on all 

 varieties except those unsuited to the Valley. 



4. The percentage of the different grades varies considerably among the 

 varieties listed. Variety grades for No. 1's varj' from 84% to 36%, for No. 2's 

 from 13% to 60%, and for No. 3's from 2% to 15%. (Table 4.) 



5. Prices for No. 1 grade apples vary with the varieties from $2.18 per box 

 down to $1.15; for No. 2 grade, from $1.63 per box down to 86 cents; for No. 3 

 grade, from 98 cents down to 54 cents. (Table 5.) 



6. The returns per tree five to eight years of age, inclusive, vary from $9.30 

 to 72 cents for the different varieties recorded (Table 6); for trees five to twelve 

 years of age, inclusive, the variation is from $38.49 down to $10.18 (Table 7); for 

 trees five to fourteen years of age, inclusive, the variation is from $57.44 down 

 to $21.01 per tree for the different varieties (Table 8). 



7. Improvement in cultural methods, pruning, thinning, time of picking 

 and method of handling, might increase the percentage of No. 1 fruit obtained. 



8. In choosing varieties for future planting, not only should yield, grade 

 and price be considered, but also special adaptability to local conditions. Further- 

 more, the season of maturing should possibly be taken into account in order that 

 the most economical harvesting might be practised. 



9. As a general rule, the total percentage of summer apples grown should 

 be less than that of fall apples, and the percentage of fall varieties less than that 

 of winter varieties. 



10. Varieties Likely to Increase in Production. Delicious, Duchess, Gravenstein, 

 Jonathan, Mclntosh, Rome Beauty, Snow (Fameuse), Stayman Winesap, Wealthy, 

 Winter Banana, Yellow Newtown and Yellow Transparent. 



11. Varieties Likely to Decrease in Production. Ben Davis, Canada Baldwin, Cox 

 Orange, Gano, Grimes Golden, Jefferies, Northern Spy, Ontario, Spitzenburg, St. 

 Lawrence, Tompkins King, Wagener and Winesap. 



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