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Varieties such as Cortland, Delicious or its red strains. Early Mcintosh, 

 Rome Beauty and its red strains, and Red Spy appear to be slated for slight 

 to moderate increases. 



Gravenstein and its red strain. Golden Delicious, Rhode Island Green- 

 but 



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ing, Macoun, and possibly Red Astrachan will just about hold their own; bu 

 Wealthy, Yellow Transparent, Duchess, Roxbury Russet, V/inter Banana, Vi'illi 

 Kendall, Stark, and l/Vagener seem to be on the way out. In general, red 

 strains are preferred to standard varieties. Richared is the popular red 

 strain of Delicious, v/ith Starking meeting with little favor. 



The- accompanying table shows v/hat the growers think of the different 

 varieties. Column 1 indicates the number of growers v;ho are now grcwiing the 

 variety; column 2, the number who v/ould select the variety for a new commer- 

 cial planting; and coluiiin 3, the number who have grown the variety but would 

 noviT discard it. 



One questionnaire was from a grower who does not have an orchard now, 

 but he plans to set one this spring. This is. the explanation for only 76 

 growers having Mcintosh. Some growers failed to answer the question in 

 column 2 and others tvnsvjered it only with the idea of adding to their pres- 

 ent plantation wiiioh will explain why the figures in columns 2 and 3 do not 

 total that of column 1. 



One other point which ijhe survey brings out is the attempt of many 

 growers to choose varieties which will extend the harvesting and marketing 

 seasons. This is particularly true among those growers Who now have large 



