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conditions or possess such characteristics as to render them of no 

 apparent value to the fruit interests of this region. In still other 

 cases the varieties are local and relatively unimportant. For these 

 and other similar reasons it has seemed best to confine the discussion 

 largely to varieties which are of value and to certain other varieties 

 that apparently possess little or no merit but which sooner or later 

 are likely to come to the attention of fruit growers in this region 

 for consideration. A few other sorts not now in cultivation in this 

 region so far as known but which are considered promising are also 

 discussed. 



In this connection there are one or two varieties, or possibly more, 

 grown largely in a local way in the North Carolina section of this 

 region which should be mentioned here. These are variously known 

 as "Early May," "White May," "June Apple," etc., and ripen the 

 last part of May or early in June. 



It is possible that some of these very early sorts may prove to be 

 White Juneating, an old English .variety that was more or less grown 

 in the South in the early years under various names. 



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As a means of indicating the relative importance of the different 

 varieties referred to in the foregoing pages in the different sections of 

 this region and the approximate time when the season of use begins, 

 the following table has been prepared. In the column which follows 

 the varietal names the use to which each sort is adapted is indicated 

 by the initial letters d, Jc, and m, either singly or in combination, as is 

 required. Varieties of special value for eating in a fresh state are 

 designated by d for "dessert;" ~k signifies "kitchen" or culinary use; 

 m, that the variety is suited for market purposes. 



In the columns headed "Relative importance" the comparative 

 extent to which the several varieties are grown in the different sections 

 is shown. The varieties rated 1 are those which are grown the most 

 extensively in the sections so designated; varieties marked 2 are 

 grown to some extent in the sections so marked, but not so extensively 

 as those rated as 1 ; varieties which are found only occasionally, hence 

 relatively unimportant at present, are rated as 3. 



Promising varieties which are at present grown but little and the 

 value of which is not yet fully determined are grouped together and 

 follow Table III. It should be further stated that where a variety is 

 rated the same in a section in which early-apple culture is an impor- 

 tant industry and one in which it is still undeveloped commercially 

 it does not mean that that variety is of equal importance in the two 

 sections on the basis of the quantity of fruit produced, but rather 

 that in comparison with other varieties grown in the respective sec- 

 tions the relative proportions are approximately the same, 



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