186 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 
Percentages of Sizes and Grades of Certain Varieties of Apples 
The following table was made up of averages of 59,200 boxes of apples shipped 
during the season of 1911 by the Yakima Valley Fruit Growers’ Association. The 
apples shipped were not of uniform pack but were taken from the farmer ag he 
packed them. 
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The different varieties 
The different varieties showed 
showed the following 
the following percentage in 
each size percentage in each 
Tier grade 
3 4 44 5 Ex.Fancy| Fancy | Choice 
Spitzenburg......... 9 59 26 6 35 30 35 
Stayman............ 25 57 15 3 50 35 15 
Jonathan. ........... 2 43 38 16 34 A() 26 
Arkansas Black...... 12 54 30 5 15 67 18 
Grimes Golden. . be cuee 4 19 10 66 7 10 83 
Home Beauty.. 26 48 23 2 31 45 24 
Gano. .......2..0000- 24 64 7 4 5 50 45 
Delaware Red....... 61 58 5S ns 37 39 24 
Black Twig..........; 18 49 40 6 40 40 20 
York Imperial....... 12 48 28 1 33 39 28 
Yellow Newtown..... 5 48 AO 13 64. 6 30 
Ben Davis........... 17 54 23 5 26 16 58 
Missouri Pippin...... 12 32 35 22 23 39 38 
Wagener. 5 79 AQ eee eee 3 83 14 
Red Cheek Pippin... 12 55 30 3 16 20 64 
Winesap.. a 2 38 31 28 60 25 15 
Various.............. 5 27 58 10 15 30 55 
*Total............ 12 | 45 30 13 37 37 26 
* Winter Banana, White Winter Pearmain, Black Ben Davis omitted from list; very small 
shipments. 
Bearing Ability of Certain Varieties at year on until the trees begin bearing 
Certain Ages 
Orchard of W. N. Yost, Meridian, Idaho, 
2-year-old Jonathan trees planted in 1906: 
Packed 
Boxes 
Year. per Tree, 
Sh 12/8 
5S es 13/8 
5 ES 44/5 
19138 (heavy frost) 0.0.00. 15/8 
1914 (estimated) oo 6 to 7 
I do very little pruning from the third 
freely. Prune and shape heavily second 
and third years, then scarcely any prun- 
ing until about the eighth year. 
Two-year-old Rome Beauty trees planted 
in 1906: 
Packed 
Boxes 
Year. per Tree. 
a A 5/8 
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LOD 2 elec lleceeneseeeceeseceecuseeeee 0 seeeseceeces 33/10 
1913 (heavy frost) wu... 0 0. 0... 21/2 
1914 (estimated) ........ 6 to 7 
