. Annual report. Agricultural education. 210 EXPERIMENT STATION. It will be seen that the Maiden's Blush belongs to the central belt and the northern part of the south central belt. Fameuse. — The Fameuse is one of the most northern of commercial apples. It is grown in most parts of the northern belt, also in northern Indiana and Illinois and in southern Michigan, though in these regions the variety does not attain the quality of the St. Lawrence and Champlain valleys. It becomes a fall apple, and is of poor color and inferior flavor. Specimens received from Prince Edward Island were dull red
. Annual report. Agricultural education. 210 EXPERIMENT STATION. It will be seen that the Maiden's Blush belongs to the central belt and the northern part of the south central belt. Fameuse. — The Fameuse is one of the most northern of commercial apples. It is grown in most parts of the northern belt, also in northern Indiana and Illinois and in southern Michigan, though in these regions the variety does not attain the quality of the St. Lawrence and Champlain valleys. It becomes a fall apple, and is of poor color and inferior flavor. Specimens received from Prince Edward Island were dull red and green, and small in size, while those from southern Quebec were very good specimens of the Fig. 9. Mcintosh. — The Mcintosh is similar to the Fameuse and succeeds in similar territory. It does well further south, how- ever, being at its best in south central New England and western New York. While it has been known a long time, it has not attained great favor as a commercial variety until recently, prob- ably on account of its susceptibility to the apple scab, which has heretofore been difficult to control in a satisfactory manner. It is now gaining rapidly in popularity, and the territory of its culture is spreading. [t is not grown to any extent west of Michigan, excepting in the far northwest. Throughout the Baldwin bell il is a fall apple, and south of this it becomes a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Massachusetts Agricultural College; Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station; Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Annual report of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. Boston : [s. n. ]
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