THE APPLE IN MASSACHUSETTS 



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CHABT i. Non-bearing and Bearing Trees of Leading Varieties, 1925. 



THOUSANDS OF TBLE.5 



100 too 



BALDWIN 



M'INT05H 



WEALTHY 



GRAYE.N5TEIN 



DELICIOUS 



DUCHE55 



TPAN5PARENT 



WAGNEH 



GREENING 



A5TRACHAN 



NORTHERN 5PY 



WILLIAM5 



0THER5 



W 15 20 25 



PEaCLNT OF TOTAL 



for family use or by a few large growers catering to a roadside or otiier 

 specialized trade. 



Baldwin 



The Baldwin is the most important commercial variety in Massachusetts, 

 making up 40 per cent of all trees reported. It is found in nine-tenths of the 

 orchards and its continued popularity is indicated by the fact that nearly half 

 of the growers have young trees. Of nearly 400,000 Baldwin trees, over 25 

 per cent are not yet bearing. The average age, nearly twenty-five years, is 



CHART 5. Recent Plantings of Leading Varieties, by Five-Year Periods. 



r/iOU3ANDS 

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