July, 1926] 



Apple Industry in New Hampshire 



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the best available, certainly so in those localities where the winters are 

 not severe and it is known to be well adapted. 



Summer apples are of relatively little importance in New Hampshire, 

 constituting as a total only a little over 2 per cent of the trees of the 

 state, and 1.3 per cent of the crop. Nearly half of the summer apples 

 are of the Duchess variety, although apparentlj', at least in 1924, the 

 Astrachans produced a greater yield. Duchess is found most abundant- 

 ly in Coos and Strafford Counties. Its extreme hardiness commends it 

 for iilanting in the northcn-n sections. Its short season renders it jn-ac- 

 tically out of the question for extensive planting for the wholesale mar- 

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FIGURE' 5. Plantings of the important commercial varieties by S-year groups, 

 1910-1925. 



The eight varieties which have been mentioned constitute 89.5 per 

 cent of all the trees in New Hampshire commercial orchards. Nine 

 other varieties, namely: Rhode Island Greening, Winter Banana. Sut- 

 ton Beauty, Astrachan, Transparent, Williams, Roxbury Russet, and 

 Ben Davis, add a total of 3.8 per cent. Two varieties are conspicuous 

 for the lack of yoimg trees, namel}' Sutton Beauty and Roxbury. Plant- 

 ing of the Rhode Island Greening and Ben Davis still continue on a 

 small scale. Neither are well adapted to New Hampshire. The Rliode 

 Island does not sell well except on local markets, and the Ben Davis is 

 exceedingly small and of even worse than usual quality when grown here. 



The balance of 6.7 per cent consist of miscellaneous sorts. This is 

 relatively a small number of odd varieties, indicating a careful choice 

 and a considerable agreement among New Hampshire growers as to 

 the varieties best adapted to their condition. 



