of two varieties, Baldwin and Ben Davis. The first twelve 
varieties provide over SO per cent of our total apple crop. 
In establishing a commercial orchard a few varieties 
well adapted to the region and market requirements should 
be planted in preference to many varieties as too frequently 
has been the case in the past. 
During the 1918-1930 shipping season, 77 per cent of 
the fruit shipped from the Pacific Northwest consisted of 
six varieties, and of these six, two varieties furnished 
half the shipments. 
Exports, when measured by the average for 5-year 
periods from 1853 to 1931, have increased from 37,000 to 
1,800,000 barrels annually. The largest exports of ripe 
apples from the United States occurred during the 1913- 
1916 period. For the last five years, 1917-1921, the 
annual exports were only 77 per cent of those for the pre¬ 
vious period. There was only one year, 1915, when the to¬ 
tal exports exceeded 3,000,000 barrels. 
The value of ripe and green apples exported during 
the three years, 1919, 1920, 1931, exceeded that for the 
fourteen years, 1896 to 1909, ana for the entire 7-year 
period, 1913 to 1913. The total value of exports for the 
past three years has slightly exceeded #43,500,000, an 
average of more than #14,000,000 per year. 
When including the exports c-f dried apples the total 
value of apple exports reached the high mark of $18,581,110 
in the year 1919. Two years later, in 1931, the total value 
of exports of ripe and dried apples was $16,188,708. 
For the years 19X9, 1930 ana 1931, the exports of ap- 
