2 BULLETIN" 485, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



However, the number of varieties that are produced in large quan- 

 tities is relatively small. This is shown in figure 1, where each bar 

 represents the estimated average relative proportion of the variety 

 indicated in the crops for 1909 to 1913, inclusive. The proportions 

 are shown also in Table I in barrels and percentages. The total yield 

 is based on the report of the Thirteenth Census (for 1909) and upon 

 the reports of crop correspondents of the Bureau of Crop Estimates. 



Table I. — Estimated average production of 35 of the most important varieties of 

 apples, showing the percentage relation of each variety to the entire crop, for 

 the years 1909 to 1913, inclusive. 



Variety. 



White Pearmain ( White Win- 

 ter Pearmain) 



Arkansas ( Mammoth Black 

 Twig) 



Missouri ( Missouri Pippin).. 



Wolf River 



Arkansas Black 



Mcintosh ( Mcln tosh Red) 



Horse ( Yellow Horse) 



Northwestern 



Tolman ( Taiman Sweet) 



Gravenstein 



Pameuse {Snow) 



Tompkins King {King of 

 Tompkins County) 



G olden Russet , 



Yellow Bellflower 



Yellow Transparent 



Stayman Winesap , 



Red June ( Carolina Red June) 



Limbertwig {Red Limbertwig). 



Gano 



Yellow Newtown (A Ibemarle; 

 Newtown Pippin) , 





Rela- 



Produc- 



tion to 



tion. 



total 





crop. 



Parrels. 



Per ct. 



269,000 



0.5 



393,000 



.7 



499,000 



.8 



503,000 



.9 



526,000 



.9 



530,000 



.9 



545,000 



.9 



553,000- 



.9 



592, 000 



1.0 



619,000 



1.1 



775,000 



1.3 



797,000 



1.4 



830, 000 



1.4 



845, 000 



1.4 



893,000 



1.5 



907, 000 



1.5 



914, 000 



1.6 



915,000 



1.6 



927, 000 



1.6 



968,000 



1.6 



Variety. 



Fall Pippin 



Oldenburg {Duchess of Olden- 

 burg) 



Red Astrachan 



Maiden Blush 



York Imperial {Johnson Fine 

 Winter) 



Grimes {Grimes Golden) 



Wealthy 



Early Harvest {Prince's Har- 

 vest) 



Rome Beauty 



Jonathan 



Rhode Island Greening 

 {Greening) 



Winesap 



Northern Spy 



Ben Davis 



B aldwin 



Other varieties 



Total 



Produc- 

 tion. 



Barrels. 

 988,000 



1,097,000 

 1,120,000 

 1,203,000 



1,262,000 

 1,294,000 

 1,322,000 



1,641,000 

 1,813,000 

 2,135,000 



2,767,000 

 3,012,000 

 3,570,000 

 7,833,000 

 7,861,000 

 6,109,000 



58,827,000 



Rela- 

 tion to 

 total 

 crop. 



Per ct. 

 1.7 



1.9 

 1.9 

 2.0 



2.1 

 2.2 

 2.2 



2.8 

 3.1 

 3.6 



4.7 



5.1 



6.1 



13.3 



13.4 



10.4 



100 



It is to be observed that there are but 35 varieties named in figure 

 1 and Table I, or only about 7 per cent of the number which doubt- 

 less were being planted more or less in different parts of the country 

 during the period covered by these records. These 35 varieties in- 

 clude all those which constituted, as estimated, one-half of 1 per 

 cent (0.5 per cent) or more of the entire crox3 of the country. 



It will be noted also that these 35 varieties constituted nearly 90 

 per cent of the entire crop, while " other varieties," that is, those 

 not mentioned by name and which doubtless numbered several hun- 

 dred, 1 comprised but little more than 10 per cent of the whole crop. 



The relative number of these varieties which are now prominent 

 is destined to change materially within the next few years. Cer- 

 tain ones in the list, such as Missouri and Limbertwig, have been 



1 This number can not well be determined even approximately, as it doubtless includes 

 varieties growing in the older orchards which are not now propagated by nurserymen. 



