26 BULLETIN" 485, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 



The northern panhandle region is in some respects a northern ex- 

 tension of this Ohio Eiver valley region, but the existence of certain 

 climatic differences warrants their recognition as separate regions. 



Commercial orchards of some prominence exist in other counties, 

 as in Barbour, Randolph, Greenbrier, and perhaps others, but the 

 interests in them are not heavily centralized. 



Varieties. — Arkansas (Mammoth Black Tivig), Baldwin, Ben 

 Davis, Gano, Grimes, Jonathan, Rome Beauty, Stayman Winesap, 

 Wealthy, Willowtwig, and York Imperial. 



The Ohio River valley region is characterized by the Rome 

 Beauty ; the northern panhandle region by Baldwin and Willowtwig. 

 The eastern region is the northern extension of the Shenandoah 

 Valley region in Virginia. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



Distribution. — The commercial apple interests in Xorth Carolina 

 are located in the mountain districts in the western part of the State. 

 The principal centers are in Surry County about Mount Airy ; in the 

 Brushy Mountain section, tributary to Northwilkesboro in Wilkes 

 County: and Buncombe and Haywood Counties. As in West Vir- 

 ginia, orchards of considerable size are located in other counties than 

 those named, but as a rule they do not constitute large community 

 interests. 



Varieties. — Arkansas, Grimes, Limbertwig. Rome Beauty, Royal 

 Limbertwig, Stayman Winesap, Winesap, and York Imperial. In 

 some of the older orchards, especially in Buncombe and Haywood 

 Counties, the Yellow Newtown (Albemarle Pippin) occurs more or 

 less, but it is rarely planted in this section at the present time. The 

 Limbertwig occurs mostly in the orchards in Surry and Wilkes 

 Counties. The Ben Davis comprises 7.5 per cent of the total crop of 

 the State ; Early Harvest, 7.2 per cent ; Horse. 7.2 per cent ; and Red 

 June, 5.9 per cent (p. 5), but these varieties apparently are widely 

 distributed and occur more largely in home orchards than in 

 those of commercial size. Though the Ben Davis is in some of the 

 larger orchards, it is apparently a relatively unimportant variety 

 from a commercial standpoint. The Delicious is reported to do well 

 in some sections of western Xorth Carolina. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 



Distribution. — The commercial apple interests in South Carolina 

 are relatively small. They are located principally in the extreme 

 western part of the State in Spartanburg, Greenville, Anderson, 

 Pickens, and Oconee Counties. 



