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BULLETIN 1189, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



on July 3, the first Gravensteins were picked on June 25 and the last on July 

 5. Its season at this point was shorter than is usually the case. 



Though considered a northern variety, the Gravenstein seems worthy of 

 wider trial in early-apple orchards of this area. Its excellent dessert and 

 cooking qualities make it preferable in some ways to the Oldenburg, which is 

 too acid for dessert. In West Virginia it ripens through too long a period to 

 be a first-class commercial variety. 

 Grimes Golden. 



The original tree of the well-known dessert apple, Grimes Golden, grew on 

 a farm located about 3 miles east of Wellsburg, W. Va., owned at the time 

 this apple came into notice by Thomas Grimes. This tree died more than 10 

 years ago and was supposed to have been over 100 years old at the time of 

 death. In all parts of the area it is one of the desirable varieties of its season. 

 The tree makes a vigorous growth and requires comparatively little pruning. 

 Though it is affected by blight, it is less subject to this disease than 



many varieties and is 

 not often seriously in- 

 jured by it. The great- 

 est fault of the variety 

 is its susceptibility to 

 injury at the crown of 

 the tree by the disease 

 correctly called collar 

 blight but which is 

 commonly known as 

 collar rot. 11 In Tennes- 

 see and Kentucky it is 

 known as an annual 

 bearer and in West Vir- 

 ginia as a productive 

 bearer. Though usually 

 a moderately early 

 bearer, it sometimes 

 does not produce heav- 

 ily before it is 10 or 12 

 years of age. The foliage 

 is rarely affected by dis- 

 eases. The fruit is not 

 subject to apple blotch 

 and is usually very 

 smooth. Its dessert 

 quality is very good to 

 best except in the south- 

 ernmost part of this 

 area, where it loses part 

 of its aroma, yet still 

 ranks as good. In the 

 Gulf Coastal Plains re- 

 gion of Tennessee it is 

 picked the latter part of 

 August. In central Ken- 

 tucky it is picked about 

 the middle of September, but is a late fall apple in eastern and northern Ken- 

 tucky. In West Virginia, where it forms one of the leading varieties in the 

 commercial orchards, it is usually marketed before January 1. It is subject 

 to scald in storage. In all regions this variety is one of the best for home 

 use and market. (Fig. 22.) 

 Grosh. Synonym : Ohio Beauty. 



This variety was seen at Fayetteville, Tenn., where it is grown in some of 

 the commercial orchards. 



The tree is vigorous, upright, comparatively free from disease, productive, 

 and an early bearer. Eight-year-old trees bore a full crop of large fine fruit of 

 excellent quality. The fruit is very large, nearly globose, and clear yellow in 



Fig. 22. — A young apple tree of the Grimes Golden variety, 

 at Keyser, W. Va. Grimes Golden is subject to blight at 

 the surface of the ground. This tree was grafted at 

 about a foot in height to furnish a resistant trunk, and 

 the stock has outgrown the top. 



u In this area this trouble is not so serious as it is sometimes reported and is not much 

 worse than on many other varieties. See Giddings (17), Green and others (21, p. 91), 

 and Waite (67). 



