determines the character of their lists more than the trade 

 which is greatly foreign to their geographical boundaries. I 



logues afford the truest basis for the study of the geographic 

 distribution of varieties, especially in those older areas in 

 which tl e I c s 1 a 1 ceo 2 well established. In fact, 

 the nursery exists because the people desire certain varieties 

 of fruits, and in the long run its character becomes a reflec- 



new regions — as in the Mountain Region of the west — home 

 nurseries are not yet developed, and there is no means of 

 determining distribution and adaptation of varieties beyond 



I have made no atl 

 of the varieties, preferr 

 , in order to show the names which are in commercial use. 

 Some varieties appear under two or three different names. 

 It was my first impulse to revise the nomenclature of the list 

 in accordance with the rules of the American Pomological 

 Society, but so many questions of priority and expediency at 

 once arise in attempting to make an application of the rules, 

 that I have felt myself unequal to the task; and as a corn- 

 already undertaking this revision, I am the more persuaded 

 that an individual effort in that direction would be unfortu- 

 nate because it would undoubtedly make decisions with which 



If, therefore, objectionable names occur in the following list, 

 they must not be taken to represent any dissent on my part 

 from the rules of the American Pomological Society, with 

 which I am in most happy accord. For purposes of statis- 

 tical inquiry, tin; list is undoubtedly worth more as it stands, 

 for it represents the actual features of a commercial inventory. 



Many of these varieties have appeared since the last re- 

 vision of Downing (1872). Without attempting to determine 



varieties which also appear under the same names in the 

 Downing list. It will be seen at a glance that these starred 

 entries are much less than half of the entire list. As a living 

 inventory of American apples, comprising 878 entries, I hope 

 that this record will serve a purpose for those who wish to 

 speculate upon the tendencies in our horticulture. 



