THE PROBLEM OF VARIETIES. 



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Golden Russet (X. Y. . 



Occasionally this variety is found in the older plantings but usually in "family 

 orchards'' where only a tree or two of each sort was planted. The tree grows vigor- 

 ously and bears abundantly and quite regularly in sections which are favorable to 

 apple production. The fruit develops a comparatively high degree of perfection in 

 appearance. Though it may lack somewhat in dessert quality in comparison with 

 fruit of this variety grown in the Xorth, where it would be expected to reach its highest 

 dessert quality, it yet retains much of this quality in the Ozark region. Though it 

 can not be recommended for extensive planting, it may be sufficiently desirable as a 

 late fall variety to be given a place in home orchards, especially in the northern sec- 

 tions of the reeion. 



Fig. 3.— Trees of the Grimes apple in southwestern Missouri at the age of 8 years. The trees are too 

 close together in the row and should be thinned out. The tops of the trees are also too dense. 



Grimes. Synonym: Grimes Golden. 



This variety ranks as one of the important commercial sorts in the Ozarks. In the 

 portion of the region lying between the Missouri and Arkansas Rivers it is widely and 

 extensively grown and is generally considered a profitable variety. 



The tree is said to be short-lived here, as in most sections where it is grown, but it 

 makes a rather vigorous healthy growth, without any particular faults. Fairly regular 

 crops are expected, though there is frequently considerable variation in the amount 

 of fruit borne by different trees in the same orchard. It is usually rated as a fairly 

 productive sort. The fruit is borne largely on interior branches of the tree. This 

 distribution of the crop through the tree makes possible the production of heavy 

 loads of fruit without seriously breaking down the branches and avoids also the need 

 of providing means to prevent it. Typical trees of the variety as it grows in the 

 Ozarks are shown in figure 3. 



