at the time of World War I. Comparing this 1967 crop with the av- 

 erage crop of 700,000 bushels during the 1940-1950 period clearly 

 shows that apple production in the state is on the increase. 



The 1966 New England Fruit Tree Survey showed that almost one- 

 half of Vermont's apple trees have been planted since 1955, com- 

 pared to an average of about 30% for the other New England States. 

 Like neighboring states, Vermont's apple trees are becoming concen- 

 trated in fewer and fewer orchards. Over half of the orchards sur- 

 veyed are made up of 1,000 or more trees. Eleven orchards in the 

 state each have more than 3,000 trees and 5 of these are growing 

 more than 5,000 trees. 



About 47% of Vermont's apple trees are in Addison County which 

 is in the heart of the Champlain Valley. Another 20% are growing 

 in the Connecticut River Valley section of the state. Bennington 

 and Rutland Counties account for the remainder of the trees, except 

 for about 4% of the total located in Grand Isle County. 



Although about 63% of the trees are Mcintosh, this variety 

 produced 80% or more of the apples for the 6 crop years since 1961. 

 Recent plantings contain an even higher percentage of Mcintosh and 

 it is anticipated that the production of this variety will increase 

 considerably during the 1970's. Delicious is a poor second and 

 accounts for about 15% of the tree population. Planting rates of 

 Northern Spy and Cortland have not offset tree losses of these var- 

 ieties since 1945. 



Increased interest is being shown in varieties ripening before 

 Mcintosh for in-state marketing, but they are not being planted in 

 numbers sufficient to keep Vermont from being an almost one-variety 

 producer, that variety being Mcintosh. 



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VARIETIES OF GRAPES FOR MASSACHUSETTS 



James F. Anderson 

 Department of Plant and Soil Sciences 



Himrod An early ripening seedless grape resulting from a cross 



between Ontario and Thompson Seedless. Its clusters are 

 large and rather loose. The berries are medium, oval, 

 sweet, yellow, vinous and good. The vine is not com- 

 pletely winter-hardy under our conditions and should be 

 restricted to the more favored sites. 



Van Buren An attractive black grape of good to 

 The vine is vigorous and productive, 

 susceptible to downy mildew. 



excel 1 ent qua! i ty . 

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