. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. PRINCIPAL APPLE VARIETIES. 39 the entire State, are San Bernardino (4 per cent), Nevada (3 per cent), and Los Angeles and Humboldt (each 2 per cent). The pro- duction in each of the counties not named in the present connection is less than 2 per cent of a normal crop of the State. Recent plant- ings in San Diego, San Bernardino, and Riverside Counties doubt- less will increase materially the apple production in these counties within the next few years. Varieties.—A large proportion of the commercial apple crop of Calif
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. PRINCIPAL APPLE VARIETIES. 39 the entire State, are San Bernardino (4 per cent), Nevada (3 per cent), and Los Angeles and Humboldt (each 2 per cent). The pro- duction in each of the counties not named in the present connection is less than 2 per cent of a normal crop of the State. Recent plant- ings in San Diego, San Bernardino, and Riverside Counties doubt- less will increase materially the apple production in these counties within the next few years. Varieties.—A large proportion of the commercial apple crop of California is made up of three varieties, Yellow Bellfiower and Yel- low Newtown, grown in the Pajaro Valley, and the Gravenstein,. Pig. 12.—Outline map of the United States, showing the distribution by States of that portion of the estimated average apple crop for the years 1909 to 1913, inclusive, which is harvested in June. Each dot represents 30,000 bushels. The arrangement of the dots within the State boundaries has no significance. which characterizes the output from the Sebastopol section of So- noma County. Perhaps no more comprehensive index of the regional value of varieties can be given than the summary of the responses made by apple growers to a request issued by the Office of the California State Commissioner of Horticulture for information in regard to what were the leading sorts, which is substantially as follows: It is interesting to note in connection with first choice of varieties in answer to question No. 12 [Name your leading varieties in the order of their inipor- 1 Weldon, George P. Apple growing in California ... p. 124 [Sacramento], 1914. Issued by the California State Commission of 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 United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Was
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