64. BULLETIN 1416, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Wealthy, etc., from the Great Lakes region. The great cities of the 
Northeast are supplied in summer mainly from Delaware, New Jersey, 
and the Hudson Valley. Important early shipping counties are 
Monmouth and Burlington in New Jersey, Kent and Sussex in 
Delaware, Columbia and Dutchess in eastern New York. Many fall 
apples are shipped from New York, Michigan, and New England. 
Midwestern markets are supplied early from Kentucky and Tennes- 
see, but heaviest summer receipts are from southern Ilhnois, com- 
prising Yellow Transparent, Oldenburg, and other kinds less generally 
known. Early production of New York, Delaware, and the South 
is 500 to 1,000 carloads for each of the three sections. 
MARKET QUALITIES 
BALDWIN 
The greatest general utility apple is the Baldwin, excelling in no 
one quality but good for cooking, eating, storage, and display. Its 
large size, full red color, fairly high, sprightly flavor, uniform shape, 
first-class cooking quality, and comparative freedom from decay 
make it reasonably acceptable to all classes of buyers. It is on the 
market five to seven months and well known to most eastern con- 
sumers. 
BEN DAVIS_ GROUP 
The Ben Davis is distinctly a market variety. It regularly pro- 
duces large crops at low cost. It looks, cooks, and handles well and 
keeps to the end of the season. In seasons of a full apple crop the 
varieties of the Ben Davis class are crowded hard by apples of better 
quality and it sells lower than other leading kinds. The Gano is 
much like the Ben Davis but is sometimes considered a little better 
in quality and sells a little higher most of the season. 
DELICIOUS 
Although still mainly a box variety, carloads of Delicious apples in 
barrels have appeared recently from half a dozen eastern and central 
States, some of these of excellent market quality and selling close to 
the top market price. This mild-flavored, soft-fleshed apple is a 
good keepér in cold storage. Its distinctive shape and style enable 
consumers to recognize and callforit. Delicious enters the market in 
October and is one of the few first-class dessert apples on sale until 
late in the season. Reports of its commercial adaptability in the 
barrel region vary considerably. It has been planted extensively in 
Virginia and Illinois. The Golden Delicious is similar to the red 
variety, but its market position is not yet fully established. 
GRAVENSTEIN 
An apple of fine flavor and excellent quality is the Gravenstein. 
It ripens while the weather is still warm and is a poor keeper. It 
often lacks uniformity of size, shape, and color. Some barreled 
Gravensteins from Nova Scotia invade eastern markets. Others 
are from New Jersey, New England, and Michigan. 
