. The commercial apple industry of North America. ly and should be eaten before January first as it losesmuch of its flavor after that date. The tree is productiveand well thought of in the Virginias and southern Penn-sylvania districts, although on account of the delicacy ofthe fruit it is not recommended for very extensive com-mercial planting. It is a good apple for the home orchardand limited commercial planting. Missouri Pippin (Plate XXIV). The Missouri Pippin originated at Kingsville, Missouri,from seed planted about 1840. After 1860 it began to bewidely disseminated through Missouri, K
. The commercial apple industry of North America. ly and should be eaten before January first as it losesmuch of its flavor after that date. The tree is productiveand well thought of in the Virginias and southern Penn-sylvania districts, although on account of the delicacy ofthe fruit it is not recommended for very extensive com-mercial planting. It is a good apple for the home orchardand limited commercial planting. Missouri Pippin (Plate XXIV). The Missouri Pippin originated at Kingsville, Missouri,from seed planted about 1840. After 1860 it began to bewidely disseminated through Missouri, Kansas, and themiddle western states and is to-day one of the well knownmarket apples in the Middle West. It has been plantedextensively in northwest irrigated districts, particularlyamong the earlier plantings, but has lost favor in the Westin recent years. It is not being planted in commercialorchards of any region at the present time. The principal advantage of the Missouri Pippin is thatit comes into bearing very early and yields heavily. The. 55 - ? ? <1 . .?-:• 1 .. ?.? ?? M X a H ^ fu II Varieties of Apples 419 fruit has a good color, but is second rate in quality and re-quires considerable thinning to bring it up to good marketquality. It is in season from October to April. This va-riety is not grown throughout the East and is not now rec-ommended for commercial planting in any part of thecountry. Northwestern Greening. The Northwestern Greening originated in WaupacaCounty, Wisconsin, and was first introduced by E. in 1872. It is widely disseminated central states and is one of the leading varieties inmany sections. It is also planted to a considerable extentin some of the larger orchards of the Shenandoah-Cumber-land district and some of the irrigated sections of theNorthwest where it finds little favor, however. It isnot grown commercially in New York or the New Eng-land states. ,, The Northwestern Greening is a large green apple,highly
Size: 1306px × 1914px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, bookpublishernewyo, bookyear1921
