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cent of the bearing trees, bur in the non-bearing trees nearlj' 50 per 

 ccnr ot the census total is included. This is indicative of the trend, 

 'riic newer plantings are more largely in commercial orchards than 

 those which were set in jaexious years. Moreover, the 38 per cent of 

 t)e,-iring trees co\-ered in the sur\"ey yield 46 jier cent of the total apple 

 croii of tlie state. Average production per tree as recorded in the 

 census is only IV2 bushels; average production jier bearmg tree for 

 those covered in the conunerical surve.v is 1.9 bushels. This iiroduction 

 is, of course, exceedingly h)W. However, in the commercial orchards 

 as we shall see later, a great majority of the trees are in then- tir.st 

 \-ears of bearing, when although they are recorded as bearing trees 

 the crop is necessarily very small. 



Data on the total numl)er of farms and total munber of trees as 

 permanent and filler, bearing and non-bearing are given in Table 1. 

 Th(! same tlata ,irc shown diagramatically in Figure 1 and in the maps, 

 Figures 2 and 3. In the main the orchard territory in New Hampshire 

 extends throughout the five .southern counties as far north and west as 

 the district about Lake Sunapee and to the eastward somewhat farther 

 north, to tlie \icinity of Lake Winnipesaukee. In Hillsborough Comity 

 we li,i\(^ three centers of the industry, one in Hollis, one extending 

 through the towns of Lyndeboro, Wilton. Temple and one in Hancock, 

 In Kockingham County there is a rapidly developing district in tlu- 

 western poition of the county in the vicinity of Deny, Londonderry, 

 .and Chester. .\ second district, at present high in in-oduction but 

 witlioiu as iii:in>' youn-j; trees, is found in the eastern portion of the 

 couiii.x- in the \ icmity of Stratham, Greenland, and Xi-wingtou. In 

 Il:mi|iton Falls there is one relatively large orchard which gives this 

 I own a high number both of bearing and non-be;u-ing trees. Another 

 cMri'incly faxorable territory for fnuT iiroduction. p.articailarly (jf the 

 Baldwin applf, is found in Merrimack County in the towns of Hop- 

 kinton. Boscawen, Sali.sbur.w and Canterbury. 



Seventy-six i>er cent of the total commercial jilantiniis of the state 

 are found within the three counties mentioned. Orcharding continues 

 through the ridges of Strafford County with relatively large plantings 

 in the town of Rochester. In comparison to the total area in farms 

 this section of the state contains nearly as many trees in commercial 

 oi-chards as does Merrimack Coiinty. Cheshire County in the south- 

 west corner has not as 3'et dexeloijed the industry to as great an ex- 

 tent as in the other sections mentioned. 



Tlie commercial ])lantings in New Hampshire, as we sliall see later. 

 contain a relatixely large proportion of the Baldwin \ariety. In the 

 ])ast this has been true to an even greater extent than at present. 

 While the Baldwin de\elops excellent color and texture in a cool 

 climate, it is exceedingly subject to black heart and other forms of 

 winter injury. The extension of the orchard industry beyond the 

 limits outlined has, therefore, probably been restricted largely by 

 climatic factors. Indixidual orchards in the territorv to the north and 



