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BULLETIN 485, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Oklahoma. — Ben Davis, 25.8; Missouri, 12.1; Jonathan, 8.2; Winesap, 8.1; 

 Arkansas Black, 5.6; Gano, 4. 



Georgia, — Horse, 14.3; Ben Davis, 12.2; Red June, 10; Limbertwig, 8.8; 

 Winesap, 7.6 ; Early Harvest, 6.1 ; Arkansas Black, 4.6. 



For 27 of the principal varieties the estimated average number of 

 bushels is shown in Table IV. The principal States of production 

 are also shown where the crop in any one State amounts to at least 

 500,000 bushels. 



The distribution by States of the Baldwin, Ben Davis, Northern 

 Spy, Winesap, and Rhode Island Greening — the five varieties pro- 

 duced in the largest quantities — is visualized in the accompanying 



Fig. 3. — Outline map of the United States, showing the distribution by States of the 

 Baldwin apple, each dot representing 100,000 bushels, the total being the estimated 

 average crop for 1909 to 1913, inclusive. The arrangement of the dots within the 

 State boundaries has no significance. 



outline maps (figs. 3 to 7) . It is to be noted that each dot on the maps 

 represents an estimated annual average crop of 100,000 bushels. In 

 the States, therefore, in which less than that quantify of any one of 

 these varieties is reported no dots are shown on the maps. 



IMPORTANT CENTERS OR AREAS OF APPLE PRODUCTION. 



The statistical consideration of apple varieties given on the pre- 

 ceding pages presents the best available data regarding the estimated 

 quantity of applies produced in the United States in an average year, 

 and the relative importance of the more prominent varieties. The 

 figures are based on census reports and have to do with the entire 

 crop without distinction between the part grown for commercial pur- 



