40 The Commercial Apple Industry 



are centralized ; and possibilities are strong for a rapidly 

 increasing production. Practically all of the apples are 

 shipped out in barrels, largely to northern markets. A 

 greater relative increase in production may be expected 

 from this district than from any other outside of the North- 

 west. 



PIEDMONT DISTRICT OT 1 VIRGINIA ( PLATE II ) 



In total production several regions excel the Piedmont 

 of Virginia, but in historic interest and beauty it is unsur- 

 passed. The Piedmont region extends from Patrick 

 County in the southern part of Virginia, north along the 

 eastern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Potomac 

 at Loudoun County. This area includes the famous Albe- 

 marle Pippin and old Winesap district of Virginia, which 

 centers in the counties of Albemarle and Nelson. Other 

 counties of importance are Franklin, Roanoke, Bedford, 

 Amherst, Patrick, Rappahannock, Loudoun and Culpepper. 

 The most intensive plantings are about the towns of Crozet, 

 Afton, Covesville, in the heart of the Piedmont, and also 

 about Roanoke, Salem, and Stuart farther south. 



The Albemarle Pippin plantings for which the Pied- 

 mont is famous are found largely in the old orchards, par- 

 ticularly those in the Rock Fish Valley in Nelson County 

 and about Covesville, Crozet and Charlottesville in Albe- 

 marle County. Pippin plantings also occur in the eastern 

 part of Nelson County and farther south through Amherst, 

 Bedford, and as far as the Bent Mountain district in Roa- 

 noke County. Most of these Albemarle Pippin plantings 

 of the Piedmont are well advanced in age and only a few 

 young trees are coming on to replace them. 



While the Piedmont has been best known for its Albe- 



