Varieties of Apples 445 



Variety Reasons for decline in com- 



mercial orchards. 



2. Northern Spy Slow to come into bearing; high 



cost of production. 



3. Esopus (Spitzenburg) Very suspectible to disease, es- 



pecially fire-blight, light 

 bearer. 



4. Tompkins King Tree short-lived, fruit inclined 



to water-core, high cost of 

 production. 



5. Eoxbury and Golden Former popularity due to long 



Russet keeping quality in common 



storage; place now taken by 

 apples of superior market 

 quality; difficult to harvest. 



6. Hubbardston Loses flavor in storage, tends to 



bear much undersized and 

 poor colored fruit. 



7. Missouri Pippin Short lived tree, fruit of third 



rate quality and small in size. 



8. Tolman Sweet Decline due to fact it is a sweet 



apple; deserves more atten- 

 tion. 



9. "Tameuse Susceptibility to apple-scab, 



place in market being taken 

 by Mcintosh. 



10. Yellow Bellflower Eequires great care in handling, 



not regarded as a satisfactory 

 cropper on most soils in the 

 East. 



11. Stark • .Does not color well, poor quality. 



12. Smokehouse . . . .' Difficult to develop fruit of good 



color and quality. Other var- 

 ieties much better suited to 

 culinary uses. 



13. Smith Cider Does not rank high in market 



quality, and does not develop 

 in size in many regions. 



