ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PLATES. 



Page. 

 Plate I. A well-kept Yellow Transparent apple orchard in Delaware, about 10 



years old Frontispiece . 



II. Wagons and packages used in handling summer apples. Fig. 1. — 

 Wagon loaded with half-bushel baskets of summer apples grown 

 in New Jersey for the Philadelphia market. Fig. 2. — Wagon 

 loaded with f -bushel baskets of summer apples grown in Delaware, 



ready to be hauled to the shipping station 90 



III. Packing-house views in Delaware. Fig. 1. — Exterior view of a pack- 

 ing house. Fig. 2. — Interior view of a packing house, showing a 

 common method of handling the fruit in grading and packing 



summer apples 90 



IV. Typical summer-apple orchards. Fig. 1. — A Maiden Blush orchard 

 in New Jersey, about 30 years old. Fig. 2. — A Red Astrachan 

 orchard in Delaware, about 25 years old 90 



TEXT FIGURES. 



Fig. 1. Map of the Middle and Southern Atlantic States, showing the location 



and extent of the regions discussed in this bulletin 9 



2. An Early Ripe apple tree in Delaware, about 15 years old 29 



3. An Early Strawberry apple tree in Delaware, about 50 years old 30 



4. A July apple tree in Delaware, 12 years old 35 



5. A Starr apple tree in New Jersey, 8 years old 43 



6. A Summer Hagloe apple tree in New Jersey, 48 years old 44 



7. A Williams apple tree in Delaware, about 10 years old 47 



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