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quality and is desirable for the home orchard. Terry, which resembles Yates 

 in many ways, has larger fruit and is replacing it in Georgia. Figure 27 shows 

 a row of trees of Yates. 

 Yellow Bellfiower. 



Though distributed in nearly all parts of this area, the Yellow Bellfiower 

 is not being planted at present. Occasionally a tree of it bears a full crop of 

 fruit in this area, but only in the northern Panhandle section of West Vir- 

 ginia has it proved profitable, and even there it is surpassed by other varie- 

 ties. Further, it has comparatively little of the peculiar flavor which makes it 

 so highly prized in more northern regions ; it ranks only good in dessert 

 quality. 

 Yellow Transparent. 



The Yellow Transparent variety is well known in all the apple-growing re- 

 gions of this country as the earliest ripening sort in commercial orchards, and 

 it holds this same position throughout this area. 



The Yellow Transparent tree is very upright when young, becoming some- 

 what spreading with age, vigorous, and bearing at a comparatively early age. 

 The tree rarely becomes very large and is often used as a filler in com- 



Fig. 27. — An orchard of Yates apple trees at Cleveland,, Tenn., in the East Tennessee 

 Valley region. For home orchards along the southern limit of apple growing this is 

 considered one of the most desirable of all winter varieties. 



mercial orchards. The trees may therefore be planted in the orchard closer 

 than many varieties. It is one of the most susceptible to blight and is not 

 long lived. When attacked by blight, this disease frequently spreads to the main 

 limbs and the trunk of the tree. In such cases, if it encircles the trunk the 

 tree dies. This variety generally shows a larger proportion of loss than any 

 other from the effects of blight. Because of the damage by this disease 

 many growers have discarded this variety, while others have decided that the 

 profits, when a crop was secured, are large enough to make it pay. The fruit 

 is medium in size, of a bright yellow color, and of good dessert quality. It is 

 rather tender and in shipping must be handled carefully. In this area ir 

 would become one of the most profitable early apples if the tree were not so 

 very susceptible to blight. When a crop of Yellow Transparent is harvested 

 in the early apple orchards of Tennessee and Kentucky high prices art' 

 usually obtained. However, the average yield of the tree is small. In regions 

 in northern West Virginia the blight is not so serious as in other parts of 

 the area, and the Yellow Transparent there forms a desirable early-ripening 

 variety. 

 York Imperial. Synonym : Johnson's Fine Winter. 



The chief faults of this variety are that the tree is usually late in bearing. 

 and when it comes into bearing it tends to produce large crops on alternate 



