82 The Commercial Apple Industry 



apple district which includes the counties of Burlington, 

 Camden, Gloucester and Cumherland in the southwestern 

 part of the state. The most intensive plantings of this re- 

 gion are about the towns of Moorestown, Biverton and 

 Burlington, not far from Philadelphia. The leading va- 

 rieties are Starr, Williams Early Red, Yellow Transparent 

 and Wealthy, with lesser quantities of Red Astrachan, 

 Oldenburg (Duchess), and Early Ripe. 



New Jersey as a whole is one of the leading early 

 apple states of the Union. Its commercial production 

 comes largely from the two regions described and has 

 amounted to the equivalent, of approximately 200,000 

 barrels in a good crop year. 



Delaware. 



Delaware is the most intensive early apple state in this 

 country and at the present time 150,000 barrels of early 

 apples would not be an excessive crop for the state as a 

 whole. The most intensive plantings are in Kent and 

 Sussex counties, about the towns of Wyoming, Bridge- 

 ville and Seaford. Yellow Transparent, Williams Early 

 Red, Wealthy and Early Ripe are leading varieties. 

 Twenty Ounce, Red Astrachan and Oldenburg (Duchess) 

 are grown to a more limited extent. The early apple 

 industry in Delaware is showing a marked growth at 

 present. It is the only important region outside of New 

 Jersey and southern Illinois which is able to put its fruit 

 on the market in any great quantity prior to August first. 

 The favorite method of marketing the fruit is in %-bushel 

 baskets. The Delaware early apple district extends into 

 the eastern shore of Maryland. 



