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Virginia. — The eastern tidewater counties generally 

 grow the same varieties as the Chesapeake peninsula. 

 The northwestern counties belong with West Virginia. 

 The central and south central counties are noted for 

 the famous Albemarle Pippins. (Pomologists gen- 

 erally regard this as a local name for Yellow New- 

 town.) 



ITcst I'irgiiiia, including western Maryland antl 

 adjoining counties of Virginia and Pennsylvania. Here 

 is a thriving, booming commercial apple district, grow- 

 ing Ben Davis of course, but also Grimes and Jona- 

 than. Besides these we may find Gano, York Im- 

 perial. Rome Beauty and Mammoth Black Twig. 



North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. — The 

 mountainous portions of these three states have large 

 tracts of excellent apple land now being developed. 

 The industry is not so well established as to have 

 settled upon any list of varieties. Ben Davis and Gano 

 are grown, of course, and for shipping south these are 

 probably as good as any. Yates is a variety coming 

 into prominence in this section. Shockley is also 

 profitable. Other varieties grown more or less are 

 Grimes, Rome Beauty and York Imperial. In the 

 mountain sections the very early varieties do not seem 

 to be so satisfactory, but Red Astrachan, Carolina Red 

 June, Yellow Transparent and Early Harvest are 

 grown for market to some extent. 



Ontario produces large quantities of export apples, 

 the surplus being destined largely for the British 

 markets. Baldwin is the leading variety, though 

 Rhode Island Greening, Spy, Roxbury, Ben Davis, 

 Stark and many other sorts are grown. Alex McNeill, 



