THE GEOGRAPHY OF APPLE GROWING 3 



Of course some of these states rank above others 

 simply because of their size. Statistics taken by 

 counties show in a yet more striking manner how the 

 planting- of apple trees has been developed in special 

 localities. The ten counties in the United States which 

 led in the number of trees growing in 1900 were as 

 follows : 



County State Trees 



Benton, Arkansas 1,613,366 



Washington, Arkansas 1,555.146 



Niagara, New York 924,086 



A\'ayne, New York 796,610 



Marion, Illinois 795»i88 



Monroe, New York 789,409 



Clay, Illinois 751.724 



Erie, New York 631,283 



Orleans, New York 629,401 



Wayne, Illinois, 604,215 



It is a striking fact that these ten counties represent 

 only three states. 



There are several well-recognized apple sections 

 which may be separately characterized. The principal 

 ones are: 



1. The Lake Ontario Section — This comprises 

 the northwestern counties of New York and adjacent 

 parts of Ontario. A part of southeastern Michigan 

 naturally belongs to this belt. It is a section largely 

 devoted to Baldwin and Rhode Island Greening. 

 Other varieties grown commercially on a considerable 

 area are Northern Spy, King and Roxbury. 



2. The Mississippi Valley Section — This includes 

 portions of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Kansas and Ar- 

 kansas, with practically all of ^Missouri and Illinois. 



