THE APPLE 



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CHAPTER XXXV. EXHIBITS, SCORING, JUDGING, DE- 



SCRIBING I-> S 



Exhibits, 428 — Preparing fruit for exhibition. 428 — What fruit to 

 show, 429 — How to show fruit, 429 — Apple prize list of the New 

 York State Fair, 429 — Scoring, 433 — Score cards, 434 — Essentials 

 for judging, 437 — Describing fruit, 437 



CHAPTER XXXVI. COLOR 439 



Influence of fertilizers, 439 — Experiments with wood ashes, 439 — Ex- 

 periment with basic-slag meal, 443 — Experiments with nitrogen, 443 — 

 Influence of cultivation on color, 443 — Influence of light on color. 444 

 — The chief influence on color, 445 — Effect of iron on color, 445 — 

 Heredity and variation as affecting color, 446 — Conclusions, 447 



CHAPTER XXXVII. FRUIT-GROWING IX VARIOUS SECTIONS 



OF THE UNITED STATES 1 48 



The Piedmont and Blue Ridge regions, 44S — The Pacific Northwest, 

 ^50 — Apple-growing in western New York, 457 — The Ozark region, 

 462 — The Nova Scotia section, 464 



CHAPTER XXXVIII. VARIETIES 467 



The best varieties for the small home lot, 473 — The best varieties 

 for the farm or commercial orchard, 474 — Varieties for the local 

 market, 476 — Varieties for the general market, 476 — Varieties for 

 permanent trees, 476 — Fillers, 476 — Box trade, 477 — The individual 

 dessert trade, 478 — Export trade, 478 — Varieties for storage, 479 — 

 Varieties for cider, 479 — Varieties for drying, 480 — Strongly colored 

 varieties, 480 — Older varieties, 480 — Newer varieties, 480 



APPENDIX 481 



Tables on prices in New York market for thirty years, 481 — State- 

 ment on shipments from western New York, 4S6 — Preferences of 

 markets, 4S7 



INDEX 4^9 



