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five years. During this period the states in order of 
importance rank as follows: New York, Washington, Penn- 
sylvania, Virginia, Michigan, California, Ohio, Illinois, 
Missouri, Oregon, West Virginia, ana North Carolina. 
In comparing states the total yield must not be con¬ 
fused with the commercial crop in which the states are 
placed in a different order. Pennsylvania, for example, 
drops from third to sixth place when rated according to 
commercial production. Apples produced in farm orchards 
for home use ana for local markets only are not marketed 
in standard containers and are not included in the commer¬ 
cial crop. If sent to market in carload lots they usually 
are shipped in bulk ungraded. 
This stuay is concerned largely with the commercial 
apple crop of the United States a discussion of which 
follows, 
