. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture -- Massachusetts. 88 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 228 Producing Regions Apple growing in Massachusetts centers in several rather distinct sections, although apples are grown for home consumption in every part of the state. These are Franklin County, Connecticut Valley, Nashoba area and Essex County. The chief section, lying partly in Middlesex and partly in Worcester coun- ties and known as the Nashoba area, includes the towns of Littleton, Acton, Groton, Harvard, Stow, Sterling, Hudson, Boxborough, Bolton and Westfor
. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture -- Massachusetts. 88 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 228 Producing Regions Apple growing in Massachusetts centers in several rather distinct sections, although apples are grown for home consumption in every part of the state. These are Franklin County, Connecticut Valley, Nashoba area and Essex County. The chief section, lying partly in Middlesex and partly in Worcester coun- ties and known as the Nashoba area, includes the towns of Littleton, Acton, Groton, Harvard, Stow, Sterling, Hudson, Boxborough, Bolton and Westford. Other towns which form a southern continuation of this area are Berlin, Marlborough, Northborough, Westborough and Millbury. Shirley, Lunenburg and Fitchburg form a similar group to the northwest. The topography of this section differs from that in other apple sections of the state, varying from fairly level to very rolling. The outstanding characteristics of this sec- tion are numerous small orchards and high production due to good orchard practice. The Franklin County section, in the western part of the state, is included chiefly in the towns of Colrain, Shelbume, Buckland, Charlemont and Ashfield. Few growers here make apple growing their chief business, as orchards are mostly secondary to other farm enterprises. The varieties commonly grown are Baldwin and Mcintosh, with a few Greening and Duchess. This region is hilly, almost mountainous in parts. Most of the orchards are irregular plantings on hillsides, trees being set in blocks in but few orchards. Similar in many respects is the section in Essex County in the northeastern part of the state. Varieties grown here are chiefly Baldwin, with some Mcin- tosh and small numbers of other kinds. In both Essex and Franklin counties most of the orchards are old and production is declining except in a few towns. It is doubtful if recent plantings in either of these sections have been sufficient to offset the dying of old trees.
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