178 RURAL NEW YORK 



Tompkins King originated in New Jersey but has 

 been developed at Jacksonville in Tompkins County. 

 The first white man's apple orchard west of the Gen- 

 esee Eiver was that of Schaffer on Indian Allen's 

 farm at Scottsville, planted in 1799, 



Beach in " Apples of New York " says that the 

 Baldwin ranks preeminent above any other in import- 

 ance in commercial orchards in the State. Rhode 

 Island Greening ranks next in importance. Doubt- 

 less, these two varieties supply at least two-thirds of 

 the apples grown for market. Neither of these varie- 

 ties is a New York production. The Baldwin, 

 named after Colonel Baldwin who recognized the mer- 

 its of the fruit, originated in eastern Massachusetts. 

 It is said by Wilson probably to have done more to 

 give apple-growing a large commercial standing than 

 any other variety. The Greening originated in Rhode 

 Island in the vicinity of Newport. Next in import- 

 ance is the Northern Spy. The relative rank of other 

 varieties is not so easily determined. 



The quality of New York apples is concededly high 

 although the average color is not as strong as on 

 western-grown fruit. The system of packing and 

 marketing is improving rapidly under the influence 

 of a set of State-established grades for apples and a 

 system of bonding commission dealers. These laws 

 are backed by the large membership of the New York 

 State Horticultural Society. Marketing facilities, in- 

 cluding grading and packing are improving and 

 several central packing-houses have been established, 

 notably in Niagara County. 



