440 The Commercial Apple Industry 



Beauty, King David, Opalescent and certain others are be- 

 ing planted with considerable success in certain localities. 

 Lowry and Virginia Beauty are in favor in parts of Vir- 

 ginia and North Carolina, while Opalescent is found in 

 Ohio. King David is quite widely disseminated and is 

 being planted considerably. English Codling, Cham- 

 plain, Pennock or Pelican are found in a commercial 

 way in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Golden Deli- 

 cious has not yet attained commercial prominence but in a 

 decade will no doubt be one of the best prized apples. 



The varieties which have been given detailed description 

 will represent practically the entire commercial crop of the 

 United States. The first twelve described represent nearly 

 80 per cent of the entire commercial production of this 

 country. This serves to emphasize the importance of rec- 

 ognizing and planting only such varieties as are of some 

 commercial importance or promise. Hundreds of other 

 kinds might be named which appear in nursery catalogues, 

 but the greater portion of these are valueless either as 

 home orchard varieties or for commercial planting. 



There are many new and much advertised varieties 

 which are not discussed for as yet they are of little or no 

 commercial importance and several years' trial will be nec- 

 essary to determine their true value. However, there is 

 plenty of opportunity for new varieties if they are really 

 superior to the standard sorts of to-day and experiment 

 stations are doing valuable work in developing apples of 

 superior quality. Before planting any new variety on a 

 large commercial scale, it should be very highly recom- 

 mended by at least two or three experiment stations which 

 have given it a thorough trial. Golden Delicious is one 



