2 '-2 BULLETIN" 4S5, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



important commercial interests have been developed. Of these the 

 Ozark region in the .southwestern part of the State is doubtless the 

 most widely known. The orchards in this region are located largely 

 in McDonald, Newton, and Lawrence Counties, and in those through 

 which the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad passes, including 

 Greene, Webster, Wright (southern part), Texas (southwestern 

 part), Howell, and Oregon (southwestern part). In the northwest- 

 ern part of the State, Holt, Andrew, Buchanan, Platte, and Clay 

 Counties form a portion of an important district which is made up 

 of this portion of northwestern Missouri and adjacent sections of 

 northeastern Kansas, southeastern Nebraska, and southwestern Iowa. 



There are also important localities in other counties in Missouri 

 (bordering on the Missouri River), of which Jackson, Lafayette, 

 Carroll, Saline, and Howard may be especially mentioned. Pike 

 County, which borders on the Mississippi River in the northeastern 

 quarter of the State, also has large interests. 



Varieties. — Many varieties are grown in the commercial orchards, 

 but the leading ones are Arkansas {Mammoth Black Twig), Ben 

 Davis, Delicious, Gano, Grimes, Ingram, Jonathan, Missouri (Mis- 

 souri Pippin) , Winesap, and York Imperial. 



JTOETH DAKOTA. 



Distribution. — Apples are not grown commercially in North Da- 

 kota, except as they may be marketed locally in small quantities from 

 some of the small ranch orchards. 



Varieties. — The hardy varieties suggested for northern Wisconsin 

 and for Minnesota include those commonly planted in the limited 

 extent to which apples are produced in this State. 



SOUTH DAKOTA. 



Distribution. — Apple growing can hardly be termed a commercial 

 industry in South Dakota, yet the conditions in a considerable por- 

 tion of the State admit of maintaining small home orchards, which 

 suppl} 7 more or less fruit for local markets. 



The State Horticultural Society divides the State into four dis- 

 tricts: Northern — that part north of a line running east and west 

 through Watertown; central — that part between the northern district 

 and a line running east and west through Sioux Falls; southern — the 

 part south of the central district; Black Hills — the area in the 

 southwestern part of the State commonly known by this name. 



It is claimed that in the seven or eight counties in the extreme 

 southeastern corner of the State more apples are grown than in all 

 the rest of the State outside the Black Hills district. 



