APPLES 
juicy, subacid with a pleasant but not 
high flavor. 
York Imperial 
The York Imperial is an impoitant ap- 
ple which is grown commercially in the 
middle Atlantic states and over a belt of 
country eatending from these states west- 
ward into Missouri and Kansas The 
tree is a thrifty, vigorous grower, and 
pretty regular annual or biennial bearer 
It seems to prefer rather heavy clay soils 
and seldom does well on soils that are 
light or in any way thin or leachy. When 
properly developed the fruit is large, 
finely colored and of good quality. There 
are some objections to it on account of 
the shape of the fruit, which is oblique 
or lop-sided, and consequently difficult to 
pare with a machine. Storage men give 
its season in cellar storage as extending 
to December, and in cold storage to Feb- 
ruary. It stands heat fairly well before 
going into storage, but often scalds badly 
and when it begins to deteriorate goes 
down rather quickly. It seems not well 
adapted to the northern sections of the 
apple districts of the United States, as 
it does not color well. However, in the 
Pacific Northwest, where the sunshine is 
bright, this would not be true. 
Historical. It originated at York, 
Pennsylvania, about the year 1830. It 
soon became a leading market variety of 
Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, and 
was exhibited at the State Pomological 
Society of Ohio in 1855. 
Tree vigorous or moderately vigorous. 
Form upright, spreading or roundish, 
rather dense. Twigs short, above me- 
dium, straight or nearly so, stout or mod- 
erately stout and tapering at the tips; 
internodes medium to long; bark dull 
brownish red. 
Fruit rather uniform in size and shape, 
medium to large, roundish, oblate or 
truncate, usually with an oblique axis. 
Flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, somewhat 
breaking, a little coarse, moderately ten- 
der, moderately juicy, subacid to nearly 
Sweet. 
TENDENCY TO FEWER VARIETIES 
In connection with the subject of va- 
rieties to plant, it is well to remember 
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that for commeicial orcharding the tend- 
ency is toward the planting of a few well- 
adapted varieties G. B. Brackett says: 
“Owing to the greatly diversified soil 
and climatic conditions that exist through- 
out the territory of the United States, it 
would not be safe to attempt to give more 
than general advice on the subject of va- 
rieties to plant. Among the very extended 
list of cultivated varieties of merit there 
are few, if any, sections where the apple 
will grow for which varieties may not be 
found that will give satisfaction if they 
have a fair trial But it is a well-known 
fact that but few of the many varieties 
can be safely recommended for a special 
locality. There are certain varieties that 
have a wider range of adaptability than 
others. Instances of this character may 
be found in the Ben Davis, which has a 
wide range of adaptability, while the suc- 
cess of the Yellow Newtown or Albemarle 
is confined to a few localities. 
“Then, again, a variety may succeed in 
widely separated regions, while in the in- 
tervening sections it may be an entire 
failure. This fact is well established in 
the case of the Yellow Newtown, which 
reaches its highest state of perfection in 
certain sections of the Pacific coast fruit 
regions and in the Piedmont sections of 
Virginia and North Carolina, while in 
most of the widely diversified intervening 
territory it is nearly worthless. 
Local Conditions 
“With these facts before the reader he 
will readily see how unwise it would be 
to attempt to offer in this connection other 
than general advice on the subject. A 
comparatively safe guide for the planter 
to follow or to be governed by is to study 
well his immediate environs and to take 
counsel of those of his neighbors who have 
had practical experience in growing va- 
rieties on soils and exposures quite sim- 
ilar to his own. In this way he may be 
able to obtain valuable information in re- 
gard to varieties that have bcsen tested 
and found to succeed in his neighborhood. 
Present Demand 
“In the pioneer days of fruit culture, 
especially in the Mississippi valley sec- 
tion of our country, the great aim and ob- 
