443 The Commercial Apple Industry 



tt„ ■ , Reasons for increase in com- 



Variety. . , , , 



mercval orchards. 



9. Grimes Excellent quality — both dessert 



and culinary, fancy trade de- 

 mand. 



10. Mcintosh Attractive appearance, excellent 



dessert qualities, fancy trade 

 demand, very hardy. 



11. Wealthy Uniform in size and shape, 



hardy, productive, early and 

 reliable cropper, excellent 

 market quality. 



12. Yellow Transparent Very early, productive, excellent 



culinary qualities, attractive 

 appearance. 



13. Arkansas (Black Twig) . . .Large size, attractive, excellent 



for baking, fairly productive. 



14. Arkansas Black Large and most attractive ap- 



pearance. Extremely good 

 keeper and shipper. 



15. Winter Banana Early bearer 1 , fine appearance, 



high quality, fancy trade de- 

 mand. 



16. Golden Delicious A new, variety being recently 



planted, productive, high qual-. 

 ity combining many qualities 

 of Grimes and Delicious. 



The above varieties owe their popularity to widely dif- 

 ferent reasons. Delicious, Mcintosh, Grimes and Winter 

 Banana are in demand by the' fancy trade on account of 

 their excellent dessert quality. With the exception of 

 Grimes, they are as yet used little for culinary purposes. 

 Arkansas Black, although of rather inferior quality, is 

 utilized by the fancy trade late in the season. The other 

 varieties are more in demand by the general trade. The 

 disadvantage which some of the apples have in quality 



