30 BULLETIN 485, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



OKLAHOMA. 



Distribution. — "While there are a good many commercial apple 

 orchards in Oklahoma they are rather widely distributed, with no 

 very large centralization of the industry at any one point. With the 

 State divided in a general way into eastern, central, and western 

 thirds, the most of the commercial orchards occur in the central third 

 of the State. Some fairly representative localities in which apples 

 are grown to some extent commercially are Ada in Pontotoc County, 

 Konawa in Seminole County, Guthrie in Logan County, and Enid 

 in Garfield County. The fruit from some of these orchards, as well 

 as from those located in other parts of the State which are somewhat 

 isolated, is sold very largely in local markets. 



Varieties. — As in many other States, a large number of varieties 

 have been planted in Oklahoma, but the really important sorts con- 

 sist of a comparatively small number, as follows: Arkansas (Mam- 

 moth Black Twig), Arkansas Black, Ben Davis, Gano, Grimes, 

 Jonathan, Maiden Blush, Missouri, Eed June, Stayman Winesap, 

 Winesap, Yellow Transparent, and York Imperial. 



In the south-central part of the State where the summers are long 

 and usually very hot it is believed that the varieties suggested for the 

 lower elevations in Alabama could be planted with more satisfaction 

 than many of those which now comprise the orchards in that part 

 of the State. 



TEXAS. 



Distribution. — Apples are relatively unimportant in Texas, though 

 they are more or less widely distributed in the northern third of the 

 State. This includes in a general way that part of Texas which lies 

 north of a line extending from the southeastern corner of New Mexico 

 due east to about the central portion of the State, then somewhat 

 northeasterly to Marion County in the northeastern part of the State. 

 In the section thus indicated there are no large areas devoted to com- 

 mercial apple production, though a good many orchards of commer- 

 cial size occur. These are reported to be somewhat centralized in 

 Erath and Eastland Counties, in northern Comanche County, in the 

 southern portion of the first northern tier of counties, and in the 

 northern portion of the second tier of counties in the northeastern 

 part of the State. This territory extends in a general way from Red 

 River Count} 7 in the east as far westward, possibly, as Baylor County. 

 In the panhandle region interests of some importance have been 

 developed in Hale and Lubbock Counties. In the extreme western 

 part of the State, a section which includes the northern part of 

 Brewster County, the western portion of Pecos County, and eastern 

 part of Jeff Davis County should be mentioned in this connection. 

 Apples are also grown to a limited extent in the region of El Paso. 



