PRINCIPAL APPLE VARIETIES. 21 



definitely confined to the southeastern part of the State. Probably 

 the most important section is the Minnetonka Lake region in Henne- 

 pin and Carver Counties, but orchards of some commercial impor- 

 ance occur in the counties that comprise a triangular area in the 

 southeastern part of the State that is bordered by the Mississippi 

 Eiver, extending as far north as and including Wright County, and 

 on the west in a general way by a line passing from that county 

 through the eastern part of Jackson County, which is in the south- 

 central part of the State. This area is indicated on the map (fig. 8). 



Varieties. — The varieties chiefly grown are the hardy sorts — Hiber- 

 nal, Northwestern, Oldenburg, Patten, Scott Winter, Wealthy, and 

 Wolf Eiver. 



Considerable attention has been given to the possibility of grow- 

 ing some of the tenderer but higher quality varieties by top-working 

 them on hardy varieties, such as Patten, Wealthy, and the Virginia 

 crab. So handled, such varieties as Banana, Grimes, and Jonathan 

 have been grown, with promise of considerable success. 



Distribution. — Apple growing is distributed rather generally in 

 Iowa, being appreciably more extensive in the southern than in the 

 northern part, with the chief commercial interests in the southwestern 

 section in Fremont, Page, Taylor, Mills, Pottawattamie, and Harri- 

 son Counties. 



Varieties. — For northern Iowa, where resistance to severe winter 

 conditions is an essential tree quality : Brilliant, Malinda, Northwest- 

 ern, Oldenburg, Patten, Salome, Wealthy, and Windsor. For south- 

 ern Iowa, where the principal commercial interests are located : Ben 

 Davis, Grimes, Gano, Jonathan, Stayman Winesap, and Winesap. 



The following is a list of varieties (named in the approximate or- 

 der in which they ripen) suitable for planting in most parts of the 

 State where a continuous supply of fruit from early to late is desired 

 for home use : Yellow Transparent, Livland, Oldenburg, Charlamoff, 

 Whitney, Benoni, Dyer, Wealthy, Brilliant, Patten, Eamsdell 

 (sweet), Fameuse, Mcintosh, Northwestern, Black Annette, Tolman 

 (sweet), and Windsor. 



miss orai. 



Distribution. — The Thirteenth Census reported for Missouri nearly 

 3,000,000 more apple trees of bearing age than for any other one 

 State, and it was exceeded by only two States in the number of trees 

 not of bearing age. This naturally means a very general distribu- 

 tion of apples throughout the State, as is indicated by the maps (figs. 

 8, 9, and 10). However, there are certain sections in which the more 



