10 BULLETIN 1416, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
County sends out fairly large shipments of apples, packed western- 
box style, including Yates, Gravenstem, Grimes Golden, Winter 
Banana, Bonum, Delicious, and Winesap. The earliness of this 
region and its easy access to southern and eastern city markets are 
points in its favor. 
MIDWESTERN 
MICHIGAN 
Three-fourths of the commercial crop of Michigan 1s grown in the 
western part. Leading counties are en Buren, Oceana, Berrien, 
Allegan, Mason, and Grand Traverse. The prevailing sandy clay 
soil and the moist lake shore climate offer favorable conditions 
which resemble those of western New York rather than the Central 
West. Leading commercial varieties are like those of New York 
ae the addition of Ben Davis, Maiden Blush, Fameuse, and Jona- 
than. 
Shipments become active in August with the marketing of Olden- 
burg, followed by Wealthy, Maiden Blush, Alexander, Wolf River, 
and then the Baldwin, Northern Spy, and other standard late kinds. 
The height of the season’s movement is reached during October; 
shipments decrease to a few hundred cars in November and are still 
less in subsequent months until the new season opens. The prin- 
cipal markets are those of the Central West. 
OHIO 
Southern Ohio has conditions somewhat like the Piedmont region 
of Virginia and has about the same annual output. It is the only 
eastern region where Rome Beauty is the leading commercial variety, 
but York Imperial, Ben Davis, Grimes Golden, and other kinds are 
also grown. Markets are chiefly the large cities of the State. Wash- 
ington, Gallia, and Columbiana are leading apple-shipping counties. 
In northern Ohio are smaller districts with conditions and varieties 
much like those of western New York and Michigan. 
ILLINOIS 
The most important apple State of the Central West is Illinois. 
The southern early apple district, mainly Union and Johnson Coun- 
ties, often leads other apple sections in number of shipments during 
the first part of the season. Yellow Transparent, Benoni, and 
Oldenburg are the most popular varieties. The district is rather 
hilly and many orchards are in sod. From the Mississippi Valley 
section of the State, including Calhoun, Adams, and Pike Counties, 
Ben Davis, Jonathan, and various standard midwestern kinds are 
shipped heavily to St. Louis and other markets of the Mississippi 
Valley. Marion County ships the Ben Davis and some early apples. 
MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS 
Apple production in the Ozark region of Arkansas and Missouri is 
chiefly in Benton and Washington Counties, northwestern Arkansas, 
and in Lawrence, Greene, Webster, Newton, McDonald, and Barry 
Counties, Mo. This is a leading region of the Ben Davis, Gano, and 
Arkansas (Mammoth Black Twig), although there is a tendency 
toward Jonathan, Winesap, Stayman Winesap, and Grimes Golden 
