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having commercial interests. The explanation is that a compara- 

 tively few thousand trees, if planted in a few relatively large 

 orchards in some locality, may make a community industry of con- 

 siderable size, while an equal or even a much larger number of trees 

 widely distributed in a county in small home orchards would be 

 entirely without commercial significance. 



The order in which the different States are mentioned follows the 

 grouping used in the reports of the Thirteenth Census. 



NEW ENGLAND STATES. 



Distribution. — Apples are grown somewhat generally throughout 

 the southern half of Maine, with no special centers of production. 

 They are of small relative importance as a crop in the northern sec- 

 tions. Most orchards are on farms where general agriculture is 

 practiced, few specializing in apple growing. The section in which 

 apples are of most importance includes all counties in the southern 

 part of the State, extending as far north as and including practically 

 all of Franklin County and the southern parts of Somerset, Piscat- 

 aquis, Penobscot, and Hancock Counties. 



Varieties. — Baldwin, Ben Davis, Gravenstein, Mcintosh, Milden, 

 Northern Spy, Oldenburg, Rhode Island Greening, Eolfe, Stark, and 

 Tompkins King. In the northern sections of Maine, Dudley, 

 Fameuse, and Wealthy are of value because of their hardiness. The 

 Ben Davis, though it has been profitable with some growers, is not 

 to be recommended generally for planting in the northern apple- 

 growing sections. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



Distribution. — Apple growing is more or less general throughout 

 most parts of New Hampshire. The commercial orchards are in the 

 southern half of the State and are quite widely distributed in the 

 southern portions of Grafton and Carroll Counties and southward, 

 with important centers of production located near the central parts 

 of Hillsboro and Merrimack Counties, in the eastern part of Hills- 

 boro extending into the southwestern part of Rockingham County, 

 with a fourth section in the eastern part of Rockingham County. 



Varieties. — Baldwin, Hubbarclston, Mcintosh, Rhode Island 

 Greening, Northern Spy, Tompkins King, and Wealthy. 



VERMONT. 



Distribution. — While farm orchards occur more or less generally 

 in Vermont, the principal commercial interests are in Grand Isle 

 County, centering about Isle La Motte, Grand Isle, and South Hero, 



