48 The Commercial Apple Industry 



orchards^ many of which are not very well taken care of. 

 The leading varieties are Baldwin, Greening, Ben Davis, 

 Hubbardston and Flushing Spitzenburg, the latter known 

 commercially only in this locality. 



In northern Ohio along the lake belt, particularly in 

 Ottawa, Sandusky, Huron and Erie counties, are some- 

 what limited apple plantings consisting largely of Baldwin, 

 Rhode Island Greening, Ben Davis, Northern Spy, Mcln- 

 tosh, and Duchess. 



Farther south in Ohio, about midway between the south- 

 ern Rome Beauty section and Lake Erie is another small 

 apple district consisting of more or less scattered plant- 

 ings about Chillicothe. Early varieties such as Yellow 

 Transparent figure in the production of this locality. 



KENTUCKY 



For many years Kentucky has been credited with a very 

 large apple production. However, this is for the most 

 part non-commercial and originates almost entirely in old 

 neglected orchards. The strictly commercial apple plant- 

 ings of Kentucky are largely in Henderson County on the 

 Ohio River just south of Evansville, Indiana. The apple 

 industry has not attained very great proportions even 

 here, although there are a number of important plantings 

 and the orchards are generally well taken care of. The 

 leading varieties are Winesap, Stayman, and Ben Davis, 

 although there are considerable plantings of early kinds. 

 In some years the total production of this small section 

 reaches 40,000 barrels, although it is more commonly 

 under 30,000 barrels of strictly commercial apples. The 

 industry is being fostered in this section and further 

 growth seems probable. 



