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As to varieties, though many are handled, only , a few are 

 important or really desired. Tables 17 and 18 indicate the 

 situation and contrast both the demand for identical varieties 

 from Eastern and Western sections and, what is more impor- 



TABLE 18 , 



Vakieties of Western Apples Reported Sold by 1692 

 Independent Retailers, New York City, 1937-38* 





Retailers Reporting Sale of Variety 



Variety 









Number 



Percentage of Total 





1546 



91 



Winesap 



694 



41 



Pippin 



356 



21 



Rome Beauty 



277 



16 



Spitzenburg 



219 



13 





189 



11 



Newtown 



96 



6 



Golden Delicious 



85 



5 



Gravenstein • 



74 



4 



Mcintosh 



46 



3 



York 



17 





Northern Spy 



16 





Winter Banana 



15 







14 





Northwestern Greening 



11 





Others f 







* Ninety-eight (or 5 percent) of the 1790 retailers included in this survey did not 

 handle Western apples. 



t Nine other varieties were reported as sold, but no one of them was mentioned 

 by 1 percent of the retailers. 



tant, the relative standing of varieties in terms of demand. 

 Michigan, Ohio, and Shenandoah-Cumberland apples are in- 

 cluded in the Eastern list with those of the Northeastern States. 

 It is also evident that retail agencies, to say nothing of con- 



