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and at the lower elevations in other 
parts of the state, these varieties attain 
the highest degree of perfection. With 
the exception of the Winesap, which re- 
quires a long season to mature, all are 
adapted to the “Panhandle” section of 
Northern Idaho. It is thought by some 
that the McIntosh Red and the Wagener 
are better adapted to Northern Idaho 
than the Rome Beauty. They are un- 
doubtedly popular sorts and should be 
planted where seasons are short and 
where early maturing varieties are de- 
sired. The proportion of each variety to 
be planted deserves careful attention. In 
the warm valleys it is perhaps best to 
devote only one-third of the orchard to 
early winter sorts, such as the Jonathan 
and Grimes, with the other two-thirds 
equally divided between Rome Beauty 
and Winesaps, which are late winter va- 
rieties. In sections where the growing 
season is short and the early winter 
varieties really become late winter sorts, 
and the fall varieties such es Wagener 
and McIntosh Red come into season in 
early winter, the same ratio should be 
maintained. It will be noted that only 
a few varieties have been mentioned 
and this has been done advisedly. The 
most common mistake made by commer- 
cial orchardists is in planting too many 
varieties. Instead of confining their at- 
tention to the best of a list of varieties 
adapted to a locality, they plant of each 
kind, so that when harvest time comes 
they have more expense and trouble than 
is necessary to handle the same quantity 
of a few selected varieties 
For Home Use 
The choice of apples for home use and 
local market offers opportunity for per- 
sonal preference to a large degree. Al- 
most any of the varieties that have 
proven themselves well adapted to home 
use and local markets in other sections 
of the United States can usually be 
grown successfully in Idaho, If one 
has developed a particular fondness for 
special sorts those are the ones he should 
plant, not only because their quality suits, 
but because they are likely to get better 
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 
attention. However, for the sake of 
those who may be unacquainted with 
any varieties, the following list has been 
prepared, classing them according to the 
season of ripening: For early summer— 
Early Harvest, Yellow Transparent, Red 
June, Red Astrachan; for midsummer— 
Oldenburg, Benoni, Sweet Bough, Che- 
nango; for fall—-Wealthy, Maiden Blush, 
Jefferis, Gravenstein, Mother, Fall Pippin, 
McIntosh, Tompkins King; for early win- 
ter—Jonathan, Grimes, Yellow Bellflower, 
Delicious, and for late winter—Spitzen- 
burg, Stayman Winesap, Aiken, Winter 
Banana, Rhode Island Greening, York 
Imperial, Roxbury Russet, Ben Davis. 
J. R. SHINN, 
Idaho Experiment Station, Better Fruit, Jan. 
uary, 1912 
For additional information on Orcarp 
SITES AND SoILs, see Selection of Site 
under Apple Orchard. 
Fig 1. Map of Idaho. 
nual Isotherms Based on the 
Showing Normal An- 
Records of 
the United States Weather Bureau. The Iso- 
thermal limes represented here indicate the 
mean annual temperature of the territorv 
through which they pass. 
