CHAPTER II 



LEADING APPLE REGIONS OF THE 

 UNITED STATES 



There has been a noticeable tendency in recent years 

 towards the centralization of the commercial apple indus- 

 try in a relatively few intensive regions. A glance at the 



Fig. 1. — The principal apple-growing regions in the United 



States. 



outline map showing the principal apple-growing regions 

 reveals this. (See Fig. 1.) It is estimated that approx- 

 imately 80 per cent of the total commercial apple crop of 



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