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Table 2. Relative importance of apple varieties and how they are being maintained, 

 Eastern New York, January 1, 1962. 



Proportion 

 Non-bearing 



per cent 

 16 

 42 



7 

 20 

 38 



3 



3 

 * 



38 

 19 

 9 

 22 

 57 

 94 

 98 

 99 

 100 



Total 100 



Number of trees (000) 878 



^!Eight years and older. 

 "Under eight years. 

 *Less than one per cent. 



100 

 261 



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Apple Varieties in Western N. Y. 



"In Western New York, Rhode Island Greening leads the bearing trees with 19 

 per' cent of the total, followed closely by Mcintosh with 18 per cent (table 3). 

 Rome, Baldwin and Cortland account for nine or ten per cent each of the total 

 bearing trees. Delicious leads all the other varieties in recent plantings and 

 amounted to 20 per cent of all trees less than 8 years old. Rome is second with 

 13 per cent and Rhode Island Greening and Golden Delicious are tied with 10 per 

 cent each. Some newer varieties and older ones important in plantings in Western 

 New York are Monroe with 7 and Idared with 6 per cent of all young trees". 



