January 31, 1944 



PROF.. JOHN: S.EM LEY, 

 FREHCM HALL, 



11 43 



Prepared by the Fruit Program Committee 

 of the Extension Service 



\7. H. Thies, Extension Horticulturist 



Contents 



Relative Iiiportance of Apple Varieties in the U.S. 



l.Iid-winter Tasks on the Fruit Farm 



Pomological Paragraphs; 

 ITater in the Soil 

 Intake of Nitrogen During Vfinter 

 Another Kind of Dwarf Apple Tree 

 Manganese and Copper Deficiencies- 

 The Yellow-Red Virosis 



Seen and Heard in i,iaine 



Apple Advertising 



Soil Acidity in the Orchard 



RELATIVE lilP ORTANCE OF APPLE VAR IETIES IN THE U. S. 



The LIcIntosh variety is nov; one of the three most important varieties 

 in the U.S. V/ith a production of 9,249,000 bushels in 1943 and 13,609,000 

 bushels in 1942, it accounted for between 10 and 11 per cent of the total apple 

 production in the country. It is the most important variety in the Northeastern 

 and North Central States, particularly Nev/ England, Nev/ York, and Michigan. In 

 other sections of the country, except for iiontana, where the bulk of the apple 

 production is liclntosh, this variety is of minor importance. In 1945 and 1942 

 more than half of all apples grown in New England and almost a third of all New 

 York apples v/ere of this variety. 



The volume of several other common varieties grown in the United States 

 in 1943 and the percentage of the national crop are as followsj Delicious, 



Issued by the Extension Service in furtherance of Acts of Hay 8 and June 30, 

 1914, Ti7illard A. Munson, Director, Massachusetts State College, United States 

 Department of Agriculture, and County Extension Services cooperating. 



