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plantings are centralized in a well known and fairly well 

 defined commercial region. 



The most extensive apple plantings in the Missouri 

 River region are in Buchanan County in the vicinity of 

 St. Joseph in northwestern Missouri, and across the Mis- 

 souri River in Doniphan County in northeastern Kansas. 

 Iowa and Nebraska plantings are of less importance 

 although the Missouri River region properly includes 

 small corners of the above two states. In Nebraska, 

 Nemaha and Richardson are two important counties, while 

 across the Missouri River, Fremont, Mills and Pottawa- 

 tomie counties lead in the commercial production for Iowa. 



All of the counties named border on the Missouri-River 

 and with several other counties in close proximity, com- 

 prise a fairly compact region which extends into four states 

 and has a normal production of nearly 2,000,000 barrels, 

 which is greater than can be credited to the Ozark region. 

 Ben Davis and Gano comprise approximately 50 per cent 

 of the production from the Missouri River district, while 

 Jonathan, Winesap, Arkansas (Black Twig) and Missouri 

 Pippin trees have been extensively planted, particularly in 

 the younger orchards. A large part of the crop moves out 

 in bulk as is the case in the Ozarks. 



Doniphan County, Kansas, deserves particular mention 

 as one of the most important and highly commercial 

 counties in the Middle West. Community spirit has 

 stimulated development of the apple industry and extensive 

 plantings are found in the vicinity of Wathena and Troy. 

 A high percentage of the yield of Doniphan County is 

 barreled and more of the trees are sprayed than in prob- 

 ably any other middle western apple section. Carload 

 shipments from Doniphan County alone have amounted 



