34 Practical Orcharding On Rough Lands. 



marked in a way by the kinds of fruits that are 

 found in them; for instance, the cocoanut, the 

 orange and the apple. 



We find the apple zone divided by Prof. 

 Waugh into five great belts; these in turn are 

 indicated by certain characteristic varieties. 

 For example, the Mississippi Valley section, 

 comprising Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Kansas, 

 Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois has the Ben 

 Davis as its characteristic variety; while the 

 Jonathan, Grimes Golden, Willow Twig, York 

 Imperial, Rome Beauty and many others sue- 

 ceed. 



The Allegheny section comprising the slopes 

 of the Allegheny mountains, Pennsylvania, 

 West Virginia, western Virginia, eastern Ten- 

 nessee and western North Carolina, has as its 

 characteristic variety the York Imperial, while 

 Winesap, Grimes Golden, Mammoth Black 

 Twig, Ben Davis and others succeed admirably. 



The Lake Ontario section comprises north 

 western New York, adjacent parts of Ontario 

 and south eastern Michigan. Here we find 

 the Baldwin, Northern Spy, Greening and Rox- 

 bury Russett at their best 



In view of the fact that climatic conditions 

 are a ruling factor in the production of the var- 

 ious fruits, and the diflPerent varieties of fruit, 

 we should decide upon the varieties we wish to 



