4 THE AMERICAN APPLE ORCHARD 



While this great region can be subdivided to some ex- 

 tent, yet varieties and methods are sufficiently alike in 

 the several states to justify us in grouping them to- 

 gether. Ben Davis is the characteristic variety, though 

 many other sorts are grown commercially, as Jonathan, 

 Grimes, York Imperial, Willow and Missouri Pippin. 



3. The Allegheny Section This comprises those 

 lands along the slopes of the Allegheny mountains 

 lying in Pennsylvania, western Maryland, West Vir- 

 ginia, western Virginia, eastern Tennessee and west- 

 ern North Carolina. The characteristic variety here 

 is York Imperial, though other varieties are extensive- 

 ly grown, as Ben Davis, Paragon, Winesap, Grimes, 

 and in Virginia the famous Albemarle Pippin. 



4. The Nova Scotia Section, comprising rather 

 limited areas in Nova Scotia, where, however, the ap- 

 ple-growing industry is highly developed. The most 

 striking feature of the Nova Scotian industry is the 

 development of the British markets. The leading va- 

 rieties grown are Baldwin, Roxbury (locally called 

 Nonpareil), Northern Spy, Rhode Island Greening 

 and Gravenstein. 



5. The Pacific Coast Section, including several 

 segregated and somewhat dissimilar districts in Wash- 

 ington, Oregon and California. The varieties mostly 

 grown are Esopus, Jonathan, Newtown Pippin and 

 Yellow Belleflower. 



There are various places outside these sections 

 where apples are grown commercially and where very 

 interesting local adaptations are to be found. These 

 five sections, however, produce the great bulk of all 

 the fruit which annually reaches foreign and domestic 

 markets. 



