Varieties of Apples 453 



Quebec, when trees of such well known and hardy varieties 

 as Northern Spy, Fameuse and Ben Davis were killed in 

 the same orchards. 



VARIETIES IN GREATEST DEMAND 



In the selection of varieties, it is important to consider 

 those which are in great demand in the commercial mar- 

 ket, and which ordinarily bring the best market prices. 

 This sort of selection will often eliminate many hardy or 

 productive varieties which are not generally in great de- 

 mand by the consuming public. The following are well 

 known and sought after in the general markets : 



Late Varieties. Early or Fall Varieties. 



Baldwin Yellow Transparent 



Tompkins King Ked June 



Esopus Oldenburg (Duchess) 



Rhode Island Greening Gravenstein 



Stayman Williams Early Red 



Delicious Bonum 



Winesap Wealthy 



Jonathan Twenty Ounce 



York Imperial Mclntosh 



Northern Spy 

 Grimes 



Yellow Newtown 

 Rome Beauty 

 Ortley 

 Winter Banana 



Of the above named late varieties, Esopus, Tompkins 

 King, Grimes, Northern Spy, Delicious, Mclntosh and 

 Ortley usually outsell all others, while Winesap and Jona- 

 than excel the Stayman, Baldwin, York and most other* 

 varieties in barreled apple sections. In the early market 



