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when selections are being made for planting, to consider also the 

 varieties named in the group having the next higher or lower elevation, 

 as the case may be. 



In dividing the regions for grouping the varieties, three sections of 

 the Piedmont and Blue Ridge regions are made on the basis of lati- 

 tude, namely, northern, central, and southern. In a general way the 

 northern sections of the Piedmont and Blue Ridge regions are con- 

 sidered to be the portions of these regions which are in Virginia; the 

 central sections, the portions in North Carolina; the southern sections, 

 the portions in South Carolina and northern Georgia. In grouping 

 with respect to elevation, 500 feet is taken as the unit of the divisions 

 in the Blue Ridge region. A range of 800 to 1,000 feet covers prac- 

 tically all of the Piedmont region under consideration. 



While the varieties named in these groups are intended as a 

 ^'recommended list" of varieties for the several sections, it should 

 be fully understood that not all the sorts are of equal value for the 

 sections and for the purposes indicated. In selecting his varieties 

 for planting, each grower will need to make discriminations for 

 himself, as individual likes and dislikes are important factors in such 

 a matter as this. 



The uses to which the different varieties are adapted are indicated 

 by one or more of the letters d, Jc, m, nm, placed after each name, 

 these letters indicating, respectively, ''dessert," "kitchen," "market," 

 and "near-by market" qualities. As here used, "dessert" signifies 

 that the variety is desirable for eating in a fresh state; "kitchen," 

 that the variety is suitable for cooking; "market" refers to salability 

 from the grower's standpoint for dessert or kitchen purposes; 

 "near-by market" is used to designate certain sorts which are of 

 value for marketing in the region where they are grown but which 

 can not be recommended for shipment to far-distant points. 



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