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ranks above New York and rivals the great commercial 
apple producing section in\ the Northwest* 
A comparison by states shows that during the past 
five years Washington wrested first place from New York 
in 1921 and 1919* With the rather conspicuous lack of 
young orchards in the latter it probably will not be many 
years before Washington will occupy first place among the 
commercial apple producing states 75 to 80 per cent of the 
time. During the same period California has occupied a 
place among the first five states four-fifths of the time* 
Virginia has a similar record, most of the time occupying 
third place. Other states included in this group from 
time to time are Michigan, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Idaho, 
and Illinois. Of the entire commercial crop, 50 to 72 
per cent of it is produced by five states with those prac¬ 
ticing modern methods of grading, packing, and marketing 
rapidly coming to the front* 
