448 The Commercial Apple Industry 



Northern Spy, although, one of the highest priced and 

 highest quality apples grown, is being superseded by 

 varieties which are earlier and heavier bearers, and whose 

 cost of production is much less. It will retain its place in 

 many localities, however, and will no doubt always be 

 grown in commercial quantities, particularly in northern 

 New York, Michigan, Vermont and Canada. It has no 

 place in the Northwest, Central West or South. 



The Esopus Spitzenburg is declining rapidly in the 

 East, and few commercial orchards now exist outside of 

 Oregon, Washington and California. It is grown in large 

 quantities, especially in Hood River and Wenatchee val- 

 leys. On account of the susceptibility of the trees to 

 disease, however, it is being planted to a much less degree 

 than formerly, even in its most favored regions. The 

 very high dessert and market quality of the fruit, which 

 is practically unsurpassed in this respect, has kept this 

 apple in the commercial orchards. 



Tompkins King, excellent both for dessert and culinary 

 uses, is hardly suitable for commercial orchards, for the 

 same reasons as the Esopus. It brings high prices but re- 

 quires great care in growing and is particularly subject to 

 damage by windstorms. Its planting is now being largely 

 limited to home orchards. 



Koxbury Russet, Golden Russet, Willow Twig, Smoke- 

 house, Missouri Pippin, Fallawater, and Lawver owed 

 much of their former popularity to their ability to keep 

 well in cellars or common storage. With the advent of 

 the cold storage, these varieties lost much of their im- 

 portance and are now seldom planted in commercial 

 orchards. 



Yellow Bellftower, although important in the aggregate 



