NEW JERSEY 



1407 



the trees came into profitable bearing. 

 This is a very important consideration 

 in the development of an apple orchard, 

 and should not be overlooked in select- 

 ing a location. 



Taxieties 



The varieties recommended for New- 

 Jersey are as follows: Yellow Trans- 

 parent, Williams, Duchess of Oldenburg, 

 Gravenstein, English Codlin, Nysack Pip- 

 pin, Starr, Maiden Blush, Pall Pippin, 

 Delicious, Rome Beauty, Stayman Wine- 

 sap, Baldwin and Paragon. 



Some of the above varieties are only 

 profitable in certain sections of the state. 

 Baldwin, usually a winter apple, be- 

 comes a fall variety in the southern por- 

 tion of the state, and is recommended 

 for planting only in the central and 

 northern counties. Winesap, on the 

 other hand, is recommended for plant- 

 ing in the sandy loam soils, such as is 

 found in Glouster and Burlington coun- 

 ties. 



For additional information on orchard 

 sites and soils, see Selection of a Site, 

 under Apple OrcTiard. 



The conditions in New Jersey make 

 the production of summer and fall varie- 

 ties of apples quite profitable. There is 

 less competition in the apple market at 

 this time of the year owing to the fact 

 that most of the summer varieties will 

 not stand long shipment. This fact pre- 

 vents apples being shipped from the 

 West and South into the large Philadel- 

 phia and New York markets to compete 

 with the fruit grown in New Jersey and 

 other neighboring states. The increas- 

 ing demand for high-class fruit at the 

 various seashore resorts makes the sum- 



mer apple particularly profitable in New 

 Jersey. The summer apple goes direct 

 from the orchard to the market without 

 any expense for storage and re-sorting, 

 thus making the expense of handling 

 much less than in the case of winter 

 apples. Gbanville Lowtheb 



Map Showing Number of Apple Trees in New 

 Jersey. 



Erost and Precipitation in 3Vew Jersey 





Frost 



Precipitation 





Average Date of 



Date of 





Station 



First ^ 



Killing in 



Autniinn 



Last 



in 

 Spring 



First 



in 



Autumn 



Last 

 in 



Spring 



Annual 

 inches 



Dover 



New Brunswick . . . 



Oct. 4 

 Oct. 16 

 Oct. 21 

 Oct. 20 

 Oct. 18 

 Nov. 4 



May 10 

 Apr. 16 

 Apr. 19 

 Apr. 23 

 Apr. 17 

 Apr. 11 



Sept. 15 

 Sept. 15 

 Oct. 3 

 Oct. 3 

 Oct. 2 

 Oct. 1 



May 29 



51.2 

 48.0 



Asbury Park 



May 29 

 May 15 

 May 13 

 Apr. 25 



48.1 



Morristown 



Vineland 



45.6 

 47.3 



Atlantic City. . . 



42.0 



