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4. The uorthwesterii belt, comprising the States of Minnesota 

 and Wisconsin and adjacent territory; somewhat like tlie Bald- 

 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, Hibernal, Northwestern Greening and many others. 



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

 one variety that predominates over the whole of this territory. 

 In eastern sections we find the Yellow Newtown, Smith Cider 

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



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

 jjortant. There are three varieties that are quite generally 

 spread over this belt, the Ben Davis^ Winesap and York Impe- 

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

 part, also the Jonathan. 



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

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

 lev 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 im]iossible to show the belts with entire accuracy. 

 Each belt will dip 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 east to 

 west. Others do not extend the entire length. The western 

 portion of the territory covered has a smaller precipitation, and 

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

 ever, are the higher summer temperatures which prevail, an<l 

 which cannot 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 lines in the figure show a possible division of 

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

 value. 'No 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 very difficult to map, especially on so small a scale 

 as the figure shows. 



