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4. The northwesteru belt, coiiiprising' the iStates of .Miniiesota 

 and Wiscousiu and adjacent territory; somewhat like the Jiald- 

 win belt to the east, but having winters too severe for many of 

 the varieties of that belt. It is characterized by the Oldenburg, 

 Wealthy, Ililjernal, Northwestern Greening and many others. 



5. The central belt, which is of less importance. There is no 

 one variety that 2>redonii nates over the whole of this territory. 

 In castci'ii sections we find the Yelhtw Xewtown, Smith Cider 

 and Fallawater, and west of the mountains the Koine Beauty. 



0. The south central belt, one of the largest and most im- 

 portant. There are three varieties that are quite generally 

 spread ov(u- this belt, the Ben Davis^ AVinesaj) and ^'ork Impe- 

 rial. The Grimes is quite general and important in the western 

 part, also the Jonathan. 



Y. The southern belt, which extends to the southern limit of 

 apple growing, and is characterized by the Yates, Terry, Shock- 

 ley and Horse as leading varieties. 



The figure shows these belts somewhat roughly. They de- 

 pend on latitude and altitude more than anything else. Inas- 

 much as the altitude along the Appalachian Mountains is varia- 

 ble, it is impossible to show the belts Avith entire accuracy. 

 Each belt will dij) further south than is indicated in the higher 

 elevations of this region. Some varieties are found generally 

 distributed through the entire range of its belt from cast to 

 w^est. Others do not extend the entire length. The western 

 portion of the territory covered has a smaller preci])itation. and 

 this may aifect some varieties. More important than this, how- 

 ever, arc the higher summer temperatures which prevail, and 

 which cMiiuot be successfully withstood by some varieties grown 

 in the east. Other varieties succeed even better in this warmer 

 summer climate than they do in the cooler and more humid 

 east. The dotted liiu^s in the figure show a possible division of 

 the belts, but such division is not very definite nor of great 

 value. ]^o attempt is made to map the Rocky ^Mountain and 

 Pacific Coast apple region, owing to the fact that the distribu- 

 tion of varieties there is governed largely by elevation, and 

 would be xcvx difficult to map, especially on so small a scale 

 as the figure shows. 



