Varieties of Apples 451 



the exception of the Yellow Newtown plantings, which re- 

 quire a somewhat longer time. 



Most of the late bearing varieties are of high quality 

 and all are in demand on the general market. However, 

 it is on account of their very late bearing tendencies that 

 many of them are not planted to a greater extent. It 

 should be remembered that late bearing does not mean un- 

 productive. Varieties which are late in coming into 

 bearing are often more productive than the early bearing 

 sorts. 



RELATIVE PRODUCTIVITY OF VARIETIES IN FULL BEARING 



It is difficult to arrange varieties in columns according 

 to productivity, because many are very productive on 

 some soils and unproductive on others, and also productive 

 in certain regions, while not at all adapted to others. In 

 general, however, twenty of the well known commercial 

 varieties might be arranged as follows somewhat in order 

 of productivity: 



Heavy to Medium Bearing Medium to Light Bearing 

 Varieties. Varieties. 



1. Ben Davis 1. Yellow Newtown 



2. Stayman 2. Winter Banana 



3. Baldwin 3. Mclntosh 



4. Stark 4. Arkansas 



5. York Imperial 5. Arkansas Black 



6. Winesap 6. Grimes 



7. Rhode Island Greening 7. Delicious 



8. Home Beauty 8. Wagener 



9. Wealthy 9. Esopus 

 10. Northern Spy 10. Red June 



Ben Davis, although undoubtedly the heaviest bearing 



