36 The Commercial Apple Industry 



fact which will stimulate their planting to an even greater 

 degree. 



NEW JEESEY 



The commercial apple production of New Jersey orig- 

 inates largely in Burlington, Camden and Gloucester coun- 

 ties in the southwestern part of the state and in Honmouth 

 County in the northeast. The southwestern apple counties 

 of New Jersey are all within easy access by truck to Phil- 

 adelphia, while Monmouth County production reaches New 

 York City easily by rail. 



In former years, plantings in the western and north- 

 western part of the state along the Pennsylvania border 

 were responsible for a considerable production of winter 

 apples, but this region has declined in importance in re- 

 cent years. The new orchards in New Jersey are made up 

 largely of summer varieties. The varieties of importance 

 in Monmouth County are Ben Davis, Winesap, Graven- 

 stein, English Codling, Wealthy, Twenty Ounce, Olden- 

 burg and Red Astrachan. For the counties in the south- 

 western part of the state, Starr, Early Ripe, Williams 

 Early Red and Yellow Transparent predominate, while 

 Winesap and Stayman are favorite late varieties. 



Considerable interest in apple-growing is being taken in 

 the group of counties near Philadelphia, of which Burling- 

 ton, Camden, Gloucester and Cumberland are most im- 

 portant. Considerable planting is being done and much 

 young acreage is to be found in these counties. Riverton, 

 Moorestown and Burlington are towns about which many 

 commercial orchards are located. 



The early apple crop, which makes up such a large por- 

 tion of the New Jersey production, is shipped largely in 

 five-eighths-bushel or bushel baskets. A small part of the 



