Government Stullion. "Marshall Kini^," Front Royal 



fourth among the states hi apple-growing. The foothihs of Northern 

 Virginia, both in the Piedmont section and in the Valley, are especially 

 suited for apple-growing, fruit of finest flavor and shipping qualities being 

 produced. Within recent years apple-culture has attained large commer- 

 cial proportions in this section. To its justly-famed pippin Virginia 

 is, in large measure, indebted for the reputation enjoyed by its apples. 

 Sixty years ago Hon. Andrew Stevenson of Albemarle, then minister from 

 this country to Great Britain, presented a barrel of Albemarle pippins 

 to Queen Victoria, and since that time this apple has been said to be 

 the favorite in the British Royal household. Its fame has spread through- 

 out Europe, and large shipments are annually made to the markets of 

 the Continent as well as to England. Orchardists are by no means con- 

 fined to the production of the pippin, many other well-known varieties 

 being grown commercially. 



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