Varieties of Apples 443 



of the fruit is overcome by hardiness of tree, and by ship- 

 ping and keeping qualities. Certain varieties are decreas- 

 ing in some sections and increasing in others. Arkansas 

 (Black Twig) is out of favor with so many growers that its 

 continued popularity is questionable. York is increasing 

 in popularity only in the Shenandoah and Cumberland 

 Valley districts of the Virginias, Maryland and Pennsyl- 

 vania. Stayman is almost universally on the increase. 



The production of the following varieties is practically 

 stationary, the new plantings about taking the place of 

 those which are going out : Baldwin, Rhode Island Green- 

 ing, Yellow Newtown, Gravenstein, White Winter Pear- 

 main, Northwest Greening, Twenty Ounce, Gano, Wag- 

 ener, Maiden Blush, Alexander, Benoni, Bonum. 



Of these, the Baldwin, Rhode Island Greening and Yel- 

 low Newtown are very important commercial varieties and 

 will remain so. The reason why they are not on the in- 

 crease is due to the fact that the new plantings, although 

 very large, are not sufficient to overcome the decline in 

 production of the thousands of old orchards throughout the 

 East. Yellow Newtown is increasing in the Northwest. 

 Other varieties are decreasing in some sections and increas- 

 ing in others. Gravenstein is growing in a strictly com- 

 mercial way in New Jersey, California and parts of New 

 England. Wagener, although in much favor in the 

 Spokane district of Washington, parts of Michigan and 

 other limited sections, is losing popularity in western 

 Colorado, Wenatchee and Yakima valleys, and is now 

 planted only to a very limited extent in the East. 



Gano is planted much less than formerly and is classed 

 by most persons with the Ben Davis, although Black Ben 

 is being grown quite extensively.* Due to many young 



