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There have been some sigiun•
• J_ cant changes m the apples since the 1937 example, the number --— Golden Delicious increased 86%; Rome Beauty, 32%; apd Delicious 11%; whereas, Black nr”~ ed a decrease of 57%
varieties of
survey. For
of trees of
Twig showAlbemarle
ea a occicojt >Pippin, 54%; Wipesap, 49%;
, York Imman,
19%.
is still the Grimes Golden, 39% perial, 27% and Staj The York Imperial leading variety with 628,142 trees, or 22.7% of all trejes, and the Winesap still ranks second, with a total of 479,516 trots, which is 17.4% of all trees. Stjayman, with 461,294 trees is third and this variety makes up 16.6% of all trees. Delicious with 418,995 trees or 15% of the total rknks fourth. Golden Delicious, although rising from eleventh place to fifth, is still a minor variety, with inly 131,dob trees or 4.7%'of all trees. With respect to R County the 1949 and show the following:
Apples 1937 No. orchards 210 Total trees
237,631 179 Bearing 216,430 153 Non Bearing 21,201 i Acres ? 4,
appahannock
956 Surveys
949 1956
136 105
948 170,245
966 135,240
25,982 35,005
4,274
,295
The 1949 survey indicates the following as to condition of beartrees.
(Thej 1956 survey Continued on page twelve
69.2%