Fig. 1 shows that replies to my letters came from 

 thirty -five counties. It may he pointed out, however, that 

 71 per cent of all the replies came from the first ten 

 counties on the list. The larger number of replies came 

 from those counties in which the apple industry has been 

 longest established, and best developed. 



Acreage . - In order that a survey of this kind may 

 have value as an index by which the actual conditions may 

 be judged, it is necessary that the survey extend over a 

 considerable area. It would be desirable to have data on 

 a still greater area than that which is represented in this 

 report. Yet the area reported is large enough to furnish 

 reliable information. Two hundred and forty-four fruit 

 growers stated the extent of their orchards. The aggregate 

 acreage of all these orchards, including both young and 

 old, amounts to 12,419 acres. 



Size of Orchards . - The orchards vary greatly in 

 size, ranging from two acres to five hundred acres; however 

 there are few orchards around either of these outlying ex- 

 tremes. Fig. 2 shows the distribution of the orchards ac- 

 cording to size. The average size of all these orchards 

 is approximately fifty acres. It might be stated that 

 several very large orchards are reported, which tend to 

 make the average acreage high. Thirty -two of these orchards 



