Varieties of Apples 431 



it begins to ripen about October first. The fruit is very 

 attractive in appearance and the flesh is tender, perfumed 

 and delicious. It may be kept in cold storage until the 

 first of the year. The fruit is susceptible to scab and has 

 a tendency to ripen unevenly and to drop. The trees are 

 generally hardy, come into bearing young and have a tend- 

 ency to biennial bearing. The variety is grown commer- 

 cially in northern New York, Vermont, particularly on 

 Grand Isle, in Lake Champlain. Considerable commercial 

 plantings are in the Hudson Valley, southern New Hamp- 

 shire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, where it does par- 

 ticularly well. It is the leading commercial variety of 

 the Bitter Root Valley of Montana and is grown in the 

 commercial orchards of Idaho, Washington and British 

 Columbia. It usually commands a very good price in the<- 

 market and ,is highly prized, especially for dessert pur- 

 poses. Nearly all Mcintosh apples enter commercial 

 channels. 



Maiden Blush {Lady Blush, Bed Cheek) . 



Maiden Blush is one of the most widely grown of all fall 

 apples and is found to some extept in practically all the 

 central, eastern and southern apple-growing states. It is 

 grown in considerable commercial quantities in northwest 

 Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, and to a 

 lesser extent commercially in New York and the Atlantic 

 seaboard states. It was well known in the Philadelphia 

 market over one hundred years ago. 



The tree is medium in size and moderately vigorous, 

 comes into bearing young and is a reliable cropper. 

 Maiden Blush is a standard market variety and usually 



