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period since 1920, there have been only 61,000 Mcintosh and 55,000 

 Baldwins planted, a relative decline in planting, for the five-year period, 

 of 35 per cent for the Mcintosh and 20 per cent for the Baldwins. Plant- 

 ings of all varieties have declined 20 per cent in the same period. 



Of the winter varieties, the Delicious shows the greatest percentual in- 

 crease in plantings, some 36,000 trees of this variet}^ having been set in 

 the last ten years, practically all being permanent. Other winter varieties 

 have been planted in considerable numbers, the Wagener being a favorite. 

 The older varieties, such as Greening, Spy and Russet, are rapidly disap- 

 pearing, few new plantings being reported. 



Fillers 



The Wealthy is the variety most commonly planted as fillers. Out of a 

 total of 34,000 bearing Wealthy trees, 15,000 were reported as fillers to be 

 cut within the next five to eight years. In the younger plantings over 

 two-thirds of the Wealthy are fillers. Relatively few Mcintosh have been 

 set as fillers, and where this was done some years ago, growers are cutting 

 tiut the permanents and leaving the Mcintosh. Wagener is also popular 

 as a filler, nearly all the AVageners planted being used for that purpose. 

 Duchess and Transparent have also been used in some quantities, about 

 one-third of the bearing trees of these varieties being fillers. 



Table 1. Number of Bearing and Non-Bearing Trees 

 of Leading Varieties, 1925. 



