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eties, are the increased rate of planting York and the fact that 

 Golden Delicious has overtaken Stayman and is now the third most 

 important variety (based on tree numbers), following Delicious and 

 York. 



Approximately two thirds of all apple trees in Pennsylvania 

 are located in 4 counties — Adams, Franklin, Berks and Lehigh. 

 Adams County has the most trees, accounting for 39 per cent of all 

 the apple trees in Pennsylvania. 



As in all fruit areas, there are now fewer commercial orchards 

 in Pennsylvania but the holdings are larger than in the past. 

 There are now 168 orchards having at least 2,500 apple trees, and 

 these orchards account for 72 per cent of all apple trees in the 

 state. 



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NORTHEAST MECHANICAL FRUIT HARVESTING DEMONSTRATION DAYS 



Thomas E. LaMont, Secretary 

 New York State Horticultural Society 

 Albion, New York 14411 



The New York State Horticultural Society and the New York State 

 Extension Service are jointly sponsoring a two day show at which 

 mechanical fruit harvesting equipment for tree fruits, vineyards, 

 and berries will be exhibited and demonstrated. This will be held 

 at the Chateau Winery and adjoinging farms two miles east of Lewis- 

 ton, New York, on Route 104, and about eight miles north of Niagara 

 Falls, on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 13 and 14. Mechanical aids 

 and closely related equipment such as tree toppers and hedgers also 

 wi 1 1 be on displ ay . 



This is the first meeting of its kind for fruit growers in the 

 East, and will be of interest to all growers to help them move into 

 this new area of mechanical harvesting. The Perry Apple Harvester, 

 manufactured by C.J. Perry & Son, Gasport, New York, will be shown 

 and demonstrated. This machine will handle cherries and other fruits 

 The Gould Harvester, manufactured by Gould Bros, of Milpitas, Calif- 

 ornia, will be shown and demonstrated by Harry Smith of Ontario, 

 New York. 



For cherries, the Friday and Homelite Harvesters will be shown 

 and demonstrated along with the Ace machine made by Plummer Bros, 

 of Hastings, Michigan. Hydro Coolers, both ice and refrigerator 

 models will also be exhibited. 



Both the Gerrans limb shaker and the Shockwave truck shaker 

 will be shown and demonstrated. 



