. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 40 BULLETIN 485, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. tance] that one man. reporting from Butte County, places Black Bon first. Four reporting from El Dorado (no two agreeing) gave Rome Beauty, Esopus, Baldwin, and Sutton. One man from Fresno reports Fameuse as his first choice. Humboldt County is represented by six growers, giving "Wagener, Tompkins King, Esopus, and Yellow Bellflower; two favored Rhode Island Greening. Two reports from Madera County were received, both giving White Pearmain as the leading variety fo
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 40 BULLETIN 485, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. tance] that one man. reporting from Butte County, places Black Bon first. Four reporting from El Dorado (no two agreeing) gave Rome Beauty, Esopus, Baldwin, and Sutton. One man from Fresno reports Fameuse as his first choice. Humboldt County is represented by six growers, giving "Wagener, Tompkins King, Esopus, and Yellow Bellflower; two favored Rhode Island Greening. Two reports from Madera County were received, both giving White Pearmain as the leading variety for that section. In Mendocino County the following varieties are said to be the best by four who answered the questions: Jonathan, Swaar, Tompkins King, and Baldwin. One report from Monterey County places the Yellow Newtown first. Eleven orchardists reported from Riverside County, giving a leading place to the following: King David, Esopus, Rhode Island Greening; three favored Rome Beauty and five Delicious. Eight orchardists were heard from in San Bernardino County, one giving the Jonathan first. Fig. 13.—Outline map of the United States, showing the distribution by States of that portion of the estimated average apple crop for the years 1009 to 1913, inclusive, which is harvested in July. Each clot represents bushels. The arrangement of the dots within the State boundaries has no significance. place, two Winesap. and five Rome Beauty. From San Diego County nine reports came, one giving Jonathan as the leading variety, one Julian Duchess, one Paragon, three Yellow Newtown, and three Yellow Bellflower. As would naturally be expected, only two varieties were given first place by nine of the leading orchardists reporting from Santa Cruz County; six favored the Yellow Newtown and three the Yellow Bellflower. The second county in importance from the standpoint of production, viz, Sonoma, is represented in these answers by eleven growers, eight of whom favor the Gravenstein,
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