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BULLETIN 1189, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



difficulty has been found. The foliage of the Winesap is resistant to cedar 

 rust and not especially susceptible to other diseases. 



The fruit is usually left on the tree until it begins to drop. Fruit from 

 northern Alabama has kept in excellent condition in cold storage until the last 

 of March. It is somewhat subject to apple scab, although this disease is 

 worse in northern Kentucky and other northern sections than farther south. 

 It is less susceptible to this disease than is the Kinnard. The Winesap is 

 found profitable in all parts of Kentucky and Tennessee. 



In the extreme northern part of Kentucky and in a few places in the 

 eastern portion near the Big Sandy River the fruit is rather small, being nearer 

 in size to that of the variety grown in West Virginia. In the latter State the 

 tree is productive and healthy, but the fruit is almost always small. Under such 

 conditions growers have planted other larger fruited varieties that pay bet- 

 ter. In the Virginia Valley and Ridge region of West Virginia on very fertile 

 soil it sometimes becomes large enough to be quite profitable and is found in 

 several orchards. It is, however, not largely planted in this region in West 

 Virginia. The color of the Winesap in the orchards of the Virginia Valley 

 and Ridge region is particularly attractive. 



Fig. 26. — An orchard of Winesap apples at Henderson, Ky., in the Interior Low Plateau 

 region, which has borne large crops for 10 successive years. 



Winter Paradise. Synonym : Paradise Sweet. 



The principal winter sweet apple of this area is the Winter Paradise. The 

 trees are productive, the fruit of good size, smooth, green in color, with a 

 bronze blush, of good dessert quality, and fruit from the Allegheny Plateau re- 

 gion of West Virginia keeps until late winter in cold storage. It seems to 

 merit its place at the head of the list of sweet apples for its season for both 

 home and commercial orchards. 



Yates. 



The Yates is commonly found in the home orchards in the southern part of 

 this area. Its chief merits are its productiveness and long-keeping quality 

 throughout the winter in common storage at the southern limit of apple 

 growing. Where\ er the Winesap can he grown and will keep well in the 

 southern part of this area, that variety is preferred. Furthermore in all of 

 this area except the southernmost part of Tennessee the Yates is not gen- 

 erally productive, and the tree is subject to blight. 



In southern Tennessee the tree is productive and is an early and annual 

 bearer. The fruit is attractively colored and attains Large size for the variety, 

 but is very small for market purposes. It is picked during the last of October 

 and is the best keeping variety grown there. It ranks above good in dessert 



