Leading Apple Regions of the United States 45 



in the western part, will be the main centers of commer- 

 cial production. 



A full crop for western North Carolina at this time 

 would not exceed 300,000 barrels of commercial apples, 

 of which the larger part would be sold in bulk. 



MOUNTAIN REGION OP GEOEGIA 



While not as yet representing great commercial pro- 

 duction, an apple region is developing in the extreme north- 

 eastern part of Georgia which is of particular interest 

 since most of its fruit is boxed. Strictly speaking, the 

 commercial apple district in Georgia includes but two 

 counties: Rabun and Habersham, in the extreme north- 

 eastern part of the state. Habersham County is the more 

 important of the two and has experienced a period of 

 heavy planting, which promises a greatly increased com- 

 mercial output. A single orchard in this region ships as 

 many as 40,000 packed boxes of apples in a season, which 

 is a large boxed apple crop for any orchard East or West, 

 but more particularly the East where boxing of apples is 

 little practiced. H. E. State, whose orchard is one of the 

 finest and most profitable for its size in Georgia, had much 

 to do with the early development of this region. The most 

 intensive apple plantings are about the towns of Cornelia, 

 Demorest, Tallulah Ealls and Clarksville. 



The leading variety in northeast Georgia is the Yates, 

 which seems particularly adapted to the southern climatic 

 and soil conditions, and has proved very popular on account 

 of its heavy annual bearing habit. Other varieties of 

 commercial importance are Terry's Winter, Stayman 

 Winesap, Black Twig, Shockley and Winesap. Delicious 



