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islands, Russia and Germany, In America the princi- 

 pal apple districts are ITovia Scotia, ITew England, 

 Hew York, Pennsj'-lvania , Ontario, Ohio, Michigan, Ken- 

 tucks'- and the central western states. Other younger 

 sections are the Piedmont sections of Virginia, West 

 ■'/irginia, ITorth Carolina and Tennessee, The Pacific 

 Coast states and .Gritish Colutrroia, 



The apple is profoundly influenced by lattitude 

 and climate. In the ITorth Eastern states and Canada, 

 the fruit is very firm, highls?- colored, of high flavor 

 and long keeping qualities. As the apple regions ex- 

 tend southward the fruit takes on a duller or less in- 

 tense color and loses much of its flavor, has a ten- 

 dency to hecome larger and the keeping qxialities are 

 very greatly diminished. Thus the Tompkins King, 

 which is one of the standard winter apples of the 

 northernmost states, "loacomes a fall apple in KentuGk;\'-, 

 A knowledge of these influences of climate on the ap- 

 ple is of great importance to the fruit grower. 



After the apple was distributed over such a large 

 area and so many more were being grovm than could be 

 consumed in a short while, it became necessarjr for the 

 grower to adapt somemetho^ in which he could hold 



