Leading Apple Regions of the United States 81 



New York and New England. 



Although New York is not commonly considered a spe- 

 cialized early apple region, there is a heavy production of 

 such varieties as Oldenburg (Duchess), Twenty Ounce 

 and Wealthy in the western part of the state. Alexander 

 and Yellow Transparent are grown in more limited quan- 

 tities. The plantings of Oldenburg (Duchess) and 

 Wealthy are found particularly in Niagara County while 

 Twenty Ounce is grown extensively in Monroe County, 

 about the town of Hilton. Scattered plantings of 

 Wealthy, Gravenstein, Oldenburg (Duchess), and Will- 

 iams Early Red are grown in the Hudson Valley, particu- 

 larly near the Hudson River in Dutchess, Columbia, 

 Ulster, and Greene counties. Very few apples are moved 

 out of New York prior to August 1st. With a good 

 crop, however, New York has shipped as many as 

 300,000 barrels of commercial early apples prior to 

 September 15th, most of which originated in western 

 New York. 



Early apple varieties for New England are largely the 

 same as those given for the Hudson Valley, the most 

 extensive plantings being in Worcester, Middlesex and 

 Franklin counties of Massachusetts. 



New Jersey. 



New Jersey, and particularly Monmouth County, has 

 long been known as one of the most intensive early apple 

 regions. Important early varieties for Monmouth County 

 are English Codling, Oldenburg (Duchess), Wealthy, Gra- 

 venstein, Red Astrachan and Twenty Ounce. New Jersey 

 has still another intensive and even more important early 



