No. 574] 



VARIATION IN THE APPLE 



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was examined in detail, it is difficult to make very positive 

 statements regarding its behavior in the state. Though 

 less desirable than a red apple, it is a variety of handsome 

 appearance and is fairly good in quality. It is perhaps 

 rather better adapted than the average to certain sections 

 of the state and appears to develop best in fairly elevated 

 situations. It is especially well liked in the Spokane Val- 

 ley, and fruit grown there is said to have good keeping 

 quality, though the specimens from western Washington 

 were past season by midwinter. They wilted badly and 

 showed much scald. 



Yellow Bell flower. — This variety appears to be better 

 adapted to the western part of the state than to the irri- 

 gated valleys. The apples from Clarkston were coarser 

 in texture, milder in flavor and poorer in quality than 

 the samples received from the east. There were no very 

 striking differences in form, structure or appearance ex- 

 cept that the eastern Bellflowers were more often blushed 

 than those from Clarkston. The apples from Puyallup 

 were overgrown specimens from young trees, were coarse 

 and spongy in texture, and inferior in quality. As this is 

 a tender fruit, easily injured by careless handling, and 

 does not appear to be especially well balanced in its 

 adaptations, it is not desirable to plant extensively for 

 shipping. Moreover, it is not a good keeper. The speci- 

 mens from Puyallup were practically past season when 

 received and those obtained from the east were more or 

 less injured and such specimens decayed quickly. Some 

 of the lot from Clarkston, however, kept sound and firm 

 until past midwinter, but deteriorated in flavor toward the 

 last. 



Yellow Newtown. — When at its best, this variety has 

 few equals. It is narrow in the limits of its adaptations 

 and its successful culture in the eastern states is confined 

 to small areas, where, however, it is in nearly perfect 

 equilibrium with its environment. In many places in the 

 northwest it is grown successfully, though it scarcely 

 equals in quality the best eastern product. The fruit 

 from White Salmon and some of the irrigated districts 



