42 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pul). Doc. 



VARIETIES OF APPLES FOR MASSACHUSETTS 

 ORCHARDS. 



BY F. C. SEARS, PROFESSOR OF POMOLOGY, MASSACHUSETTS AGRICUL- 

 TURAL COLLEGE. 



I wish to disclaim at the outset any notion that the follow- 

 ing list conii^rises all the varieties of apples which ought to be 

 grown in Massachusetts. There are doubtless many others 

 which might be added, and no doubt some people will think 

 that some which have been included might be omitted in favor 

 of some which are left out. But, in general, I believe the list 

 includes most of those varieties which are most suitable either 

 for commercial plantations or for private orchards within the 

 State. Arranged in approximately the order of their ripen- 

 ing, the list which I propose to discuss is as follows : Yellow 

 Transparent, Red Astrachan, Williams Early, Oldenburg, 

 Gravenstein, Wealthy, Fall Pippin, Mcintosh, Hubbardston, 

 Westfield, Blue Pearmain, Palmer Greening, Sutton, Rhode 

 Island Greening, Baldwin, Spy, Roxbury. Arranged as 

 nearly as may be in the order of their commercial value in 

 the State, they would stand as follows: Baldwin, Mcintosh, 

 Rhode Island Greening, Wealthy, Hubbardston, Williams, 

 Oldenburg, Roxbury, Red Astrachan, Sutton, Gravenstein, 

 Fall Pippin, Westfield, Spy, Yellow Transparent, Blue Pear- 

 main. 



Before taking up this discussion of special varieties, I 

 should like to call attention to some general points or princi- 

 ples on the subject which I think ought to be carefully con- 

 sidered by the intending planter before he makes his selec- 

 tions. If the orchards are to be grown for commercial pur- 

 poses, the precise type of market to which it is the intention 

 to cater ought to be considered and its demands studied, in 



