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THE CHAMPLAIN DISTRICT 



The Champlain district includes that portion of New 

 York and Vermont bordering on Lake Champlain and 

 Lake George. It is situated in a very rigorous climate 

 and only hardy varieties will grow there. It is famous 

 for its fine quality fruit which brings high prices on the 

 market. In area the Champlain region is small as com- 

 pared with most other commercial districts. It includes 

 the counties of Grand Isle, Addison, Chittenden and Rut- 

 land, Vermont, and the counties of Clinton and Essex, 

 New York. The bulk of the production originates near 

 the towns of Middlebury, Shelburne, Rutland and Danby 

 in Vermont. From a strictly commercial standpoint, 

 Grand Isle County, Vermont, an island in Lake Cham- 

 plain, is the most important of all the counties in this 

 region. Peru, Plattsburg, Lewis and Crown Point are 

 towns about which the apple industry centers on the New 

 York side. 



The varieties grown in the Champlain region are Mc- 

 Intosh, Fameuse, Rhode Island Greening and Northern 

 Spy. Varieties of less importance are Baldwin, Ben 

 Davis and Wealthy. The district is best known for its Mc- 

 Intosh, Northern Spy and Fameuse production. 



Champlain orchards are in the main much younger than 

 those in other parts of Vermont and New York. The 

 Grand Isle plantings, largely Mclntosh, are particularly 

 young. Although great damage was done to the whole 

 Champlain district by the severe winter of 1917-1918, the 

 young plantings will no doubt soon make up for this loss 

 and bring the production up to normal. Mclntosh trees 

 survived the severe winter better than any other variety, a 



