No. 574] VARIATION IK THE APPLE 627 



elevated valleys Wagener, Delicious and Mcintosh are 

 doubtless most worthy of culture. The highlands of 

 eastern Washing-ton are very poorly adapted to the grow- 

 ing of winter apples, though some of .the early apples do 

 fairly well, among which may he mentioned Oldenburg, 

 Gravenstein and Yellow Transparent. On account of 

 the abundance of sunshine the ( Mdenburg develops a high 

 sugar content for the variety whicli counteracts its natural 

 acidity and results in an apple of pretty good dessert 

 quality. Of the winter apples. Rome reaches good 

 marketable size but the quality is not high and the east- 

 ern market should not he jeopardized by shipping this 

 variety. The Palouse, an apple of local origin, is of 

 much better quality, but has little standing in the market 

 as yet. The Dutch Migonne, a variety from western 

 Kurope, shows a better balance of characters in eastern 

 Washington than in most other sections of this country, 

 it is of good size, fairlv well colored and excellent in 

 quality. 



Many varieties popular in the eastern state- color 

 better west of the Cascades than in eastern Washington, 

 though there is usually manifest a lark of balance in 

 other characters. In certain respects the environment 



desirability of the fruit for eating, such as texture, juici- 

 ness, aroma and flavor. Fineness of texture evidently 



