July, 1914. 



THE APPLE MAGGOT. 



Table 1 — (Concluded). 



31 



Variety. 



Number of Growers reporting variety as: 



President 



Primate 



Red Astrachan 



Red Canada 



R. I. Greening 



Rolfe 



Rome 



Ro.xbury 



Sops of Wine 



Spitzenburg 



Stark 



St. Lawrence 



Tolman Sweet 



Twenty Ounce 



Wagener 



Wealthy 



Westfield or Seek No Further 



Williams Favorite 



Winesap 



Winthrop Greening 



Yellow Bellflower 



Yellow Transparent 



Total. 



8 



3 



140 



19 



117 



4 



2 



83 



59 



53 



6 



10 



66 



41 



11 



36 



13 



37 



5 



3 



55 



45 



Table 2. 

 Varieties in Order of Comparative Freedom from Attack. 



Based on reports from 210 growers in a season of abundance of the maggot. 

 (Varieties reported by less than ten growers have been omitted.) 



Variety. 



5 Wagener . 



6 Roxbury . 



7 Maiden Blush 



8 Mcintosh 



■9 Red Canada . . 



Percen- 

 tage of re- 

 ports stat- 

 ing not 

 attacked. 



1 Blue Pearmain 



2 Falla water .... 



3 Ben Davis .... 



4 Mann 



80.6 



78.6 



74.0 

 67.7 



63.7 

 57.9 



56.8 



51.9 



47.4 



Season of 

 ripening. 



FaU— Oct. 

 Late fall — 



Nov. 

 Winter 

 Winter 



Late fall 

 Winter 



I Fall— Sept. 



Nov. 

 Fall— Sept. 



Oct. 

 Winter 



Characteristics. 



iSkin thick — mild — subacid 

 ISkin tough — subacid to mild 



Skin tough — mild subacid 

 Skin moderately thick — tough- 

 hard — subacid 

 Skin thin — tough — subacid 

 Skin moderately tough — 



sprightly subacid 

 Skin thin — tough — subacid 



Skin thin — tender — subacid 



Skin tough — mild subacid 



