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t>eason. Thcicrore, the whole crop must be thrown on to the market 

 during a very short period. These facts, together with the informa- 

 tion that many early apples have been planted south of New England 

 has made many growers uneasy as to their plantings of Wealthy. Like 

 the Mcintosh, nearly all of the Wealthy have been planted during the 

 last 15 years. It is probably- well that over 40 yjer cent of this \ariety 

 is planted as fillers and they may be expected to be removed from the 

 orchard before many years. Extensive planting of the variety is not 

 to be encouraged. It will probably be of greatest value to growers who 

 sell locally, who know their demand and need not depend on the 

 wholesale market. 



Table IV. — Ane of Ihe Leading Commercial Varieties 



Baldwin 



Number 



Per cent of total 



Northern Spy 



Number 



Per cent of total 



Delicious 



Number 



Per cent of total 



Wagener 



Number 



Per cent of total 



Gravenstein 



Number 



Per cent of total 



Wealthy 



Number 



Per cent of total 



Mcintosh 



Number 



Per cent of total 



Undeb 

 .5 Ye.irs 



22,7.57 

 12.31 



1,570 

 20.32 



6,789 

 63.10 



5 TO 9 

 Years 



29,477 

 15.95 



1,S72 

 24.22 



3,313 



30. 79 



10 TO 14 15 TO 19 

 YE.A.RS 1 Ye.\rs 



19,807 

 10.72 



16,144 



S.74 



1,351 

 17.48 



397 

 3.69 



2.50 

 3.23 



94 



.87 



20 TO 29 30 YE.A.ns 

 Years or Oveh 



20,612 

 11. 15 



1,247 

 16.14 



158 

 1.47 



76 . OOS 

 41. 13 



1 , 438 

 18.6' 



8 

 .08 



2,682 

 39. 19 



2,911 

 42.54 



918 

 13.42 



246 

 3.59 



78 

 1.14 



8 

 . 12 



2,449 

 26.67 



2 , 533 



27. 59 



1,196 

 13.03 



1,002 

 10.91 



670 

 7.30 



1,33! 

 14.50 



5 , 896 



27. 22 



6,679 

 30. 84 



7,720 

 35.65 



463 

 2. 14 



6S9 

 3. 18 



20 , 340 

 28.83 



23 , 082 

 32. 72 



18,972 

 26.89 



3 , 982 

 5.64 



3,231 



4. 58 



210 

 .97 



947 

 1.34 



Gravenstein ranks third among fall varieties. Among all varieties it 

 ranks fifth, there being a slightly smaller number of trees than of De- 

 licious and somewhat more than of Northern Spy. The Gravenstein is 

 in many respects the best summer variety for the New Hampshire 

 grower to plant. It finds a relatively ready market, although like the 

 Wealthy it must be largely sold before the Mcintosh season begins. Its 

 planting would probably be more general but for the fact that like 

 the Northern Spy it is particular in its requirements as to soil and 

 climate. A somewhat larger proportion of the Gravenstein trees are 

 over 15 years of age than is the case with any other commercial variety 

 excepting Baldwin and Spy. About 50 per cent of the Gravensteins 

 are ranked as non-bearing. As a variety to precede Mcintosh and 

 hence to lengthen the picking season, Gravenstein is probably one of 



