20 BULLETIN 485, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



MICHIGAN. 



Distribution. — The commercial apple interests in Michigan extend 

 throughout the western portion of the State from Berrien County in 

 the southwest to the Grand Traverse region in the northwest. This 

 region covers approximately the first and second tiers of counties 

 from Lake Michigan as far north as Manistee County, one tier north- 

 ward from and including that county, and Benzie. Leelanau, and 

 parts of Grand Traverse, Antrim, and Charlevoix Counties. Oak- 

 land County, in the southeastern part of the State, also contains 

 large apple interests, as well as several others in the two southern 

 tiers. Besides the regions thus indicated, orchards of commercial 

 standing occur in most sections of the lower peninsula. Apples are 

 of comparatively little commercial importance in the northern penin- 

 sula. 



Varieties. — Baldwin, Fameuse, Grimes. Hubbardston. Jonathan, 

 Mcintosh. Maiden Blush. Xorthern Spy. Oldenburg, Eed Canada, 

 Rhode Island Greening. Tompkins King. Wagener, Wealthy, and 

 Yellow Transparent. 



The relative commercial importance of the above varieties is sug- 

 gested with fair accuracy by the percentages given in Table III. 



WISCONSIN. 



Distribution. — A large part of the apples produced in Wisconsin 

 ore grown in home orchards, a considerable proportion of which are 

 in the coimties in the southeastern part of the State bordering on 

 Lake Michigan. Commercial interests of considerable extent are 

 located in Door County, north of the channel, including Washing- 

 ton Island, and north of the Wisconsin River in the southwestern 

 part of the State, in Crawford, Richland, and Sauk Counties. Com- 

 mercial orchards also occupy a relatively small area in the Bayfield 

 Peninsula in the extreme northern part of the State, where the 

 ameliorating influence of Lake Superior on the winter temperatures 

 makes possible the production of fruits which it is quite impossible 

 to grow in other northern parts of the State. 



Varieties. — Dudley. Fameuse. Mcintosh. McMahon. Northwestern, 

 Oldenburg, and Wealthy. 



The secretary of the Wisconsin Horticultural Society reports that 

 only such varieties as Hibernal. Malinda. Oldenburg. Longfield. and 

 CharlamofT are hardy north of parallel 45° except in the Bayfield 

 Peninsula region. 



WEST NORTH-CENTRAL STATES. 



MINNESOTA. 



Distribution. — While some of the very hardy varieties of apples 

 are quite widely grown throughout the southern sections of Minne- 

 sota, the commercial interests, which are not extensive, are rather 



