No. 574] 



VARIATION IN THE APPLE 



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able that this variety is better adapted to the irrigated 

 valleys than to other sections of the state. All samples 

 were more or less wilted by midwinter, except the fruit 

 from Grandview, which remained firm but showed some 

 tendency to rot. Scald was very bad in the latter part of 

 the season. 



Jonathan. — Although rather extensively grown in a 

 number of localities in "Washington, none of the fruit 

 which the writer has examined gave evidence of a well- 

 balanced adaptation to the conditions of growtli which 

 prevail in the state. All were inferior in color to the fruit 

 obtained from the east and middle west. The apples from 

 Clarkston and the Yakima Valley were of good size but 

 lacked both richness of flavor and aroma. The same lack 

 was evident in the fruit from the western part of the state. 

 At Pullman a pretty good quality is attained, but the 

 fruit does not come up to the requirements as to size and 

 gives other evidence of imperfect development. At 

 Cloverland and in other elevated locations fruit of a poor 

 texture and deficient coloring is produced. Jonathan 

 seems to reach its highest development in certain sections 

 tributary to the Ohio valley and the Washington-grown 

 Jonathans can not compete with fruit from that section 

 when well grown. The samples from Morgantown, West 

 Virginia, were of a beautiful clear dark red color, good 

 size, fine tender flesh, and very high quality. In storage 

 these specimens remained firm and retained their flavor 

 until April. The others wilted considerably after mid- 

 winter. 



Laivver. — This variety attains good size and fine color 

 in the irrigated valleys, but the quality is not good enough 

 to recommend it to the fruit growers of the northwest. 

 The variety ordinarily keeps well but the specimens 

 stored proved to have poor keeping quality — owing to 



Mcintosh.— The Mcintosh is deserving of attention as a 

 variety of high quality which appears to have a fairly 

 well-balanced adaptation to certain sections of the north- 



