Leading Apple Regions of the United States 43 



ieties grown are Winesap, York Imperial, Rome Beauty, 

 Stayman, Lowry, Virginia Beauty and Delicious. 



MOUNTAIN REGION OF NORTH CAROLINA 



The mountain district of North Carolina is more or less 

 a continuation of the Virginia Piedmont. Apples have 

 been grown in the mountains of western North Carolina 

 for many years ; it is said that many of the old plantings 

 were for the purpose of producing apples to be used 

 in the manufacture of apple brandy. Certainly a great 

 many of the old orchards are located in relatively inaccess- 

 ible and remote localities. It is doubtful whether more 

 than 5 per cent of the North Carolina apple acreage has 

 ever been sprayed. 



When the manufacture of apple brandy was discon- 

 tinued, it was found that there was a market for apples in 

 their fresh state and at the present time many thousand 

 bushels of fruit produced on the old unsprayed orchards 

 are hauled down the mountain-sides in wagons to find their 

 way to the market in bulk. Improved cultural practices 

 are being adopted more and more each year. 



Apple orchards are planted iji the western part of North 

 Carolina, extending from Surry County, bordering on 

 Patrick County, Virginia, on the north, almost to the 

 extreme southwestern corner of the state. North Carolina 

 apple orchards represent two distinct types. While for 

 the most part the older trees are neglected and unsprayed, 

 there are very intensive and strictly commercial plantings 

 in a few localities, such as in Surry County in the vicinity 

 of Mt. Airy in the northwestern part of the state. A little 

 farther south other commercial plantings have been set out 



