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Apples 
HIGHLY RECOWWONDED—Dessert kitchen 
and market Gravenstein, Jonathan, 
Northern Spy, Rhode Island Greening, 
Yellow Bellflower; Yellow Newtown (Al- 
bemarie). Kitchen and market Baldwin, 
Red Astrachan Dessert and market 
Tompkins King Market Ben Davis Des- 
sert Hsopus Spitzenburg 
RECOMMENDED — Kitchen and market 
Oldenburg, Duchess of, Yellow Transpar 
ent Dessert and market Golden Russet 
(N Y), Wagener, White Pearmain (W 
W Pearman). Dessert and kitchen 
Early Harvest Dessert Belmont (Waz- 
en) . 
RECOMMENDED FOR TRIAL—Dessert, Krich- 
en and market Wealthy Kitchen and 
Market Arkansas (Mammoth Black 
Twig); Wolf River Dessert and market 
Lawver, Red June, Carolina Dessert and 
kitchen Golden Sweet Market Gano 
DISTRICT NO. 16 
The Sacramento and San Joaquin val- 
leys The diversified fruit and nut prod 
ucts of this district are marvelous There 
are some localities in which the subtrop 
ical species are grown to the highest per- 
fection, and others in which the apple, 
pear, and other hardy fruits and nuts 
thrive equally well. 
Apples 
HiGHLY RECOMMENDED—Dessert, kitchen 
and market Gravenstein, Yellow Bell- 
flower; Yellow Newtown (Albemarle). 
RECOMMENDED — Dessert, Kitchen and 
market Jonathan: Rhode Island Green- 
ing Kitchen and market Alexander; 
Hoover, Red Astrachan, Smith Cider 
Dessert and market Red June, Carolina; 
White Pearmain (W W. Pearman) Des- 
sert and kitchen Warly Harvest Dessert 
Esopus Spitzenburg, Swaar 
RECOMMENDED FOR TRIAL —~ Kitchen and 
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 
marhet Aikansas 
Twig), Baldwin 
DISTRICT NO. 17 
The coast section of Calitoinia lying be 
tween latitude 385 degiees and about 39 
degrees, 30 minutes, and bounded on the 
east by Distiict No 17 Its characte; 
istics features are the Coast iange of 
mountains, the Russian 11ve1 the Sonoma 
the Santa Clara and the Pajaio valleys (b ) 
( Vanemoth Blach 
Apples 
HIGHWL: ROCOWMENDLD — Artchen ang 
market: Baldwin, Red Astiachan Ma 
ket Ben Davis, Yellow Bellflower, Yel 
low Newtown (Albemarle) 
RrcooMMrNpDED — Dessert, 
market Gravenstein, Winesap Artchen 
and market Alexande1 Hoovei Dessert 
and maiket Red June Carolina White 
Pearmain (W W Pearmain) White Pip 
pin Dessert Esopus Spitvenbirg Swaai 
RECOMMENDED YOR ikntar—Aitchen and 
market Athansas (Mammoth  Blach 
Twrg ) 
hitchen and 
DISTRICT NO. 18 
* California and A1lzona south of lati 
tude 35 degrees The dominant chaiacter 
istics are the valleys of the Gula the 
Colorado, the San Gabriel, and the Santa 
Ana, and the Sierra Madre mountains 
It includes the celebrated truit districts 
of Santa Ana, Riverside Santa Barbara, 
the Salt river valley, San Diego and 
many others 
b Districts 15, 16 17 and 1% are particularly 
adapted to fiuit and nut culture Perhaps no 
portion of the earth’s surface 1s moe highly 
favored in climate and soil and affords a wider 
lange of crop products than that lying within 
the boundaries of these four districts The 
commercial value of the fruit and nut products 
of this section 1s 1ecognized the world over 
*No recommendations worked out for Dis 
trict No 18 The conditions, howeve1, are very 
Similar to those of the extreme southern por 
tion of Distmet No 16 and District No 17 
The apple has very nearly 1eached its southern 
limit for commeicial culture, except im high 
altitudes —~ Ed 
