Leading Apple Regions of the United States 39 



Virginia, rank among the highest producing counties in 

 the country. Each is capable of yielding over a half 

 million barrels of high quality fruit in good crop years. 

 Augusta County, Virginia, has an enormous acreage of 

 young trees and will soon rival these counties in produc- 

 tion. Franklin and Adams counties, Pennsylvania, with 

 but 20 to 30 per cent of their trees in bearing, produce a 

 quarter million barrels each annually and their production 

 is rapidly increasing. The same is true of Washington 

 County, Maryland. 



The York Imperial is the leading variety for the Shen- 

 andoah-Cumberland and the Ben Davis is second in import- 

 ance. Grimes Golden, Stayman, Black Twig, Delicious 

 and Yellow Transparent have been planted extensively. 

 The York Imperial represents fully 40 per cent and Ben 

 Davis about 20 per cent of the regional production. 

 Stayman and Delicious will increase in commercial pro- 

 duction in the upper Shenandoah Valley and particularly 

 in Augusta County. Stayman yields are increasing very 

 rapidly in Pennsylvania, particularly Adams and Frank- 

 lin counties. 



The average orchard in the Shenandoah-Cumberland is 

 fully twenty years younger than those in New York. Most 

 of the orchards have not yet reached maximum bearing; 

 in fact a very large percentage of the trees are not in 

 bearing at all ; particularly is this true for Shenandoah, 

 Rockingham and Augusta counties, Virginia, where enorm- 

 ous acreages are just coming into bearing. 



Taken as a whole, the commercial apple plantings in the 

 Shenandoah-Cumberland represent one of the most promis- 

 ing regions in the country. The trees are young, and rela- 

 tively free from disease; the yields are high; plantings 



