Varieties 



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needs fairly well on all sorts of soils where apple trees will 

 grow at all. All the kinds bear well on heavy soils and 

 make satisfactory growth on the lighter lands. The 

 trees need more pruning in the latter case to produce 

 more growth, thus preventing the production of an over- 



FIG. 62. An Esopus (Spitzenburg) Orchard, Hood River, Oregon. 



load of small apples. Higher-colored fruit may usually 

 be expected, however, on the lighter soils. 



The Arkansas, commonly and improperly known as 

 Mammoth Black Twig, usually overgrows and is non- 

 productive on heavy soils, though it is of the Winesap 

 type. It does well on light mesa soils, where the trees 

 are usually of good size and productive. The fruit is also 

 of good size, uniform, and of good color. 



