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By FLORENCE A. VICKERS
Fall has officially arrived in Virginia and that means apples and more apples. There are several pick-yourown apple orchards in Rappahannock, as well as fruit stands where one may buy apples or dder. First lets talk a little about apple production.
At least 36 states now grow apples commercially. Virginia ranks fifth among these apple-producing states. The apple crop is the number one fruit crop grown in the State with cash receipts of about 60 million dollars in 1960. Seven nugor varieties of apples are grown in Virginia — early fall varieties which ripen in September are Red and Golden Delicious and Jonathan and later varieties ripening in October are Rome, York, Stayman and Winesap.
Planting a seed from a good apple does not guarantee that an apple tree will bear identical fruit. Therefore, most trees begin from buds of high quality trees, or one tree is grafted with another in hopes that the best features of both trees’ fruits will combine for an even better variety of apple.
In fact, methods of budding and grafting the apple have been known for over 2,000 years, so the improvement of the fruit through selectivity began very early in history. Since that time, i 111 ■■ "' ——— I
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