The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-13

has baen divided up into -nl1.. 1t "a
es ten acres being enough Tor any one
man to handle The Yakima region
is larger, and there are other exten-
sve tracts in Idaho. Oregon and
Washington. There is a big apple
country in California a little south Of
San FRANCISCO from whose port Wat
sOnville, are shipped more apples than
from any other port of the world. The
most of the northwestern apples go by
rail to Chicago, New York and New
England. and not few are sent across
the continent by rail and thence by
steamer to London.
1t surprised me 10 learn that one
Of the most profitable apple regions is
in Colorado. It lies in the western
part of the State. on the other side OF
the Rockies and quite a distance from
Denver. The climate there is such that
it has had crops when those of the
Northwest have failed.
Coming farther east. there is big
apple region In Missouri, oklahoma
and Texas The ozark mountain
country in many years has led the
United States in the production Of the
big red apple, and there are large
orchards in Kansas and Nebraska and
a lSo in the States on the other side OF
the Mississippi river.
Just now some of the most success
full orchards of the country are in
western Michigan. They run up along
the coast of the lake and extend some
distance back into the interior. /
know of one agricultural scientist who
has an orchard of 200 trees there. 1t
was planted by his father some thirty
odd years ago. That orchard brought
in $4,000 this year, making net
profit of a bout $500 per acre.
I'll n INgNOt al
The old reliable apple country Of
the United States is northern New
York 1t has been producing large
crops of fine fruit for years. and with
modern spraying and improved cult
vation it is now yielding more than
ever. Representative apple buyers or
the country have annual meetings at
Niagara Falls, where they arrange the
management OF this crop, and whether
it is big or little largely affects the
market prices all over the country
New England is raising a great deal
of apples This is especially 80 OF
southeastern Maine and some parts OF
Massa chusetts, Vermont and New
Hampshire The most OF the apples
from that region are Baldwins
Among the new movements there IL
the renovation OF the old orchards
after methods laid down by the De-
partment of Agriculture. A large
number of abandoned farms have been
made profitable BY the rejuVenation OF
the old apple orchards through TRIM
ming and cultivation.
Apple Pie Ridge.
There is a district in Virginia known
as Apple Pie Ridge. IL Is in the Appa-
lachian mountains. and L shall dignity
the whole Of that system bs that
name Apples can be raised IN select
ed spots through that whole range.
running from New England as FAR
south as Georgia. There are fine apple
lands in the Alieghenies. and thou
sands Of acres Of trees are now being
set out in different parts Of the Blu.
Ridge In Albemarle county about
Charlottesville, where Thomas Jefer-
son lived. they raise the famous Abe
marie Pippins which bring from 30 10
S1o q barrel the greater part Of them
being shipped to England That was
the favorit- apple Of Queen Victoria.
King Edward ate il before going -