THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 17 



and Quince. Bailey has republished the complete list, 1 thus making it 

 more widely accessible, together with the list of one hundred selected 

 kinds published by William Coxe in 1817 in his work on Fruit Trees, the 

 two lists of the Downings, 1845 and 1869, and a survey by himself of the 

 contemporary varieties in 1892. 



Coxe states 2 that his list includes "a selection of one hundred kinds 

 of the most estimable apples cultivated in our country " with " a corre- 

 sponding engraving of each kind." Besides some of the kinds mentioned 

 above, Coxe describes among others the Maiden Blush, Siberian Crab, 

 Domine, Rambo, Pomme d'Api or Lady Apple, Doctor, Long Island 

 Russet, Ribston Pippin, Newtown Spitzenburg, Roman Stem, Pennock, 

 VVinesap and Gilpin. 



Varieties now in the Lead. In 1896 the writer, assisted by 

 Prof. C. P. Close, made an inquiry as to what varieties were then 

 grown most extensively throughout the state and their relative 

 hardiness. 3 During the present year, 1904, many inquiries have 

 been made also among the fruit growers of the state concerning the 

 varieties of apples that are being grown, as to their relative im- 

 portance and characteristics. From these and other data it appears 

 that Baldwin ranks preeminently above any other kind of apple in 

 importance in the commercial orchards of the state. Probably more 

 Baldwin apples are put upon the market than all other kinds in the 

 state put together. Rhode Island Greening ranks next in im- 

 portance. It is doubtless speaking within bounds to say that these 

 two varieties supply at least two-thirds of the apples grown for 

 market in New York. Next in reneral importance comes Northern 

 Spy. The relative rank of other varieties is not so readily deter- 

 mined, but in the following list those of more general importance 

 precede those of less importance, although it may be not in exact 

 order. Among other important kinds, besides the three just named, 

 are Tompkins King, Roxbury, Golden Russet, Hubbardston, Esopus 

 Spitzenburg, Black Gilliflower, Ben Davis, Tolman Sweet, Twenty 

 Ounce, Pumpkin Sweet, Swaar, Westfield Seek-No-Further, 

 Fameuse, Fall Pippin, Yellow Bellflower, Yellow Newtown, Green 

 Newtown, Jonathan, Red Astrachan, Oldenburg, Maiden Blush, 

 Wealthy, Mclntosh, Gravenstein, Alexander, Early Harvest, Yellow 

 Transparent, St. Lawrence and Blue Pearmain. 



'Annals of Hort. 1892: 209. 



2 Coxe on Fruit Trees: 100. 1817. 



Ann. Rep. Geneva Exp. Sta. 1896: 408-418. 



