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American soil. In spite of this fact the exact 

 place of origin of many sorts has been lost. 

 We know from the tree character that they 

 belong to the European family of apples, but 

 where the first seedling stood we do not know 

 and probably never will. 



Beach, in his wonderful monograph on The 

 Apples of New York, has included much 

 historical data, but out of some five hundred 

 apples listed, one hundred and twenty- three 

 have no known place of origin. New York 

 State is credited in the same publication with 

 the production of one hundred and twenty-six 

 varieties, being the only locality on the list 

 that had more varieties to its credit than did 

 the "unknown column.' ' Russia produced the 

 next largest number of varieties with a list of 

 fifty-five, while Pennsylvania is credited with 

 thirty-two. The large number of varieties 

 credited to New York is perhaps due to the 

 fact that the monograph deals only with those 

 varieties known to have been cultivated in that 

 state. There are, of course, in every locality, 

 some sorts that are grown only in that neigh- 

 borhood. For that reason a carefully compiled 

 list of varieties from any of the older states 

 would show a considerable number of varieties 

 of local origin. 



There are perhaps to-day some valuable new 

 apples in existence that have never become 



