1 8 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



THE ADAPTATION OF VARIETIES TO PARTICULAR REGIONS. 



It is worthy of notice that the apples in the above list which are 

 of dominant importance in the present day commercial orchards of 

 New York are of New York and New England origin. Baldwin, 

 Roxbury and Hubbardston come from Massachusetts ; Rhode Island 

 Greening and Tolman Sweet from Rhode Island ; Twenty Ounce, 

 Pumpkin Sweet and Westfield Seek-No-Further are from Connecti- 

 cut. Northern Spy originated in Ontario county, New York, from 

 seed brought by settlers from Connecticut. Fall Pippin is probably 

 from Eastern New York. Tompkins King, though it is said to have 

 originated in New Jersey, was first brought to notice in Central New 

 York. Esopus Spitzenburg, Jonathan and Swaar originated in the 

 Hudson valley; Green Newtown Pippin and Yellow Newtown 

 Pippin on Long Island ; Early Harvest in Central New York ; Yellow 

 Bellflower and Maiden Blush in New Jersey ; Fameuse, Mclntosh 

 and St. Lawrence in Canada ; Red Astrachan, Alexander, Oldenburg 

 and Gravenstein in Russia or Germany ; Blue Pearmain, Black Gilli- 

 flower and Golden Russet are of uncertain origin. 



Only one of the list, the Ben Davis, comes from south of Mason 

 and Dixon's line, and this one succeeds better in the South and 

 Southwest than it does in New York. While the Newtown Pippin, 

 under the name of Albemarle Pippin, has become a very important 

 commercial variety in some portions of the South, yet, a case like 

 this is rather exceptional. As a rule northern varieties have not 

 succeeded well in the South or Southwest, nor do southern varieties 

 appear prominently among the commercial varieties of the northern 

 states or Canada. 



York Imperial, which is an important commercial apple in southern 

 orchards from Virginia westward to Arkansas, does not develop properly 

 in either size or quality even in the best apple districts of Central and 

 Western New York. It does better in Southeastern New York but is 

 not at all adapted to the Lake Champlain region nor to the St. Lawrence 

 valley. Other kinds, too, which are commonly cultivated in the south 

 and southwest as, for example, Buckingham, Grimes, Huntsman, Kinnard, 

 Kittageskee, Lankford, Yopp's Favorite, Missouri Pippin, Nickajack, 

 Rails Genet, Willow Twig and even varieties which have gained prom- 

 inence in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and other regions of that latitude 

 as, for example, Falla\vater, Lawver, Minkler, Rambo, Roman Stem, 

 Smith Cider, Vandevere and York Imperial, have none of them become 

 leading kinds in New York. The Fameuse and St. Lawrence which have 



