40 The Commercial Apple Industry 



are centralized ; and possibilities ar% strong for a rapidl 

 increasing production. Practically all of the apples ai 

 shipped/ out in barrels, largely to northern markets. 1 

 greater relative increase in production may be expecte 

 from this district than from any other outside- of the Nortl 

 west. 

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PIEDMONT DISTRICT CXF VIRGINIA ( PLATE II ) 



In total production several regions excel the PiedmoB 

 of Virginia, but in historic interest and beauty it is unsui 

 passed. The Piedmont region extends from Patricl 

 County in' the southern part of Virginia, north along th 

 eastern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Potoma 

 at Loudoun County. This area includes the f atoous Albe 

 marie Pippin and old Winesap district of Virginia, whicl 

 centers in the counties of Albemarle and Nelson. Othe 

 counties of importance are Pranklin, Roanoke, Bedford 

 Amherst, Patrick, Rappahannock, Loudoun and Culpepper 

 The most intensive plantings are about the towns of Crozet 

 Afton, Covesville, in the heart of the Piedmont, and als< 

 about Roanoke, Salem, and Stuart farther south. 



The Albemarle Pippin plantings for which the Pied 

 mont is famous are found largely in the old orchards, par 

 ticularly those in the Rock Fish Valley in Nelson Countj 

 and about Covesville, Crozet and Charlottesville in Albe 

 marie County. Pippin plantings also occur in the easten 

 part of Nelson County and farther south through Amherst. 

 Bedford, and as far as the Bent Mountain district in Roa 

 noke County. Most of these Albemarle Pippin plantings 

 of the Piedmont are well advanced in age and only a few 

 young trees are coming on to replace them. 



While the Piedmont has been best known for its Albe 



