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years; the foliage is also subject to cedar rust and frog-eye, and the fruit 

 scalds badly in storage. Some of the merits of the variety are the vigor and 

 productiveness of the tree and the large size of the fruit. Figure 28 shows 

 an early-bearing tree and Figure 29 a part of an orchard of this variety in the 

 Virginia Valley and Ridge region. 



Except at Dayton and Tazewell in the East Tennessee Valley region this 

 variety has not proved profitable in Tennessee or Kentucky. The tree in 

 these States is very subject to blight, is not very productive, and the fruit 

 matures too early for the general market for which the variety is adapted. 



In regions of northern West Virginia the blight is not often very serious in 

 York Imperial orchards, and the tree is productive and the fruit highly colored. 



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Fig. 28. 



-A York Imperial apple tree, 6 years old, at Gerrardstown, W. Va. Only rarely 

 does the York Imperial bear so large a crop at so early an age. 



It is the leading variety in the orchards of the Virginia Valley and Ridge region 

 in West Virginia and is one of the leading varieties in all sections of that State. 

 The relative popularity of the variety is suggested by the fact that in 1914 in 

 the orchards of nonbearing age in Jefferson County, W. Va., there were 878.2 

 acres of the York Imperial, 370.7 acres of Stayman Winesap, 298.2 acres of 

 Arkansas, and 250.3 acres of Grimes Golden (26). 



CHERRY VARIETIES. 



In this area comparatively few cherries are grown. Many farmers 

 have a few trees in home orchards, and around some of the larger 



