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The Apple: The Kansas Apple, the Big Red Apple; the Luscious, Red-Cheeked First Love of the Farmer's Boy; the Healthful, Hearty Heart of the Darling Dumpling. What It Is; How to Grow It; Its Commercial and Economic Importance; How to Utilize It.

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The Apple: The Kansas Apple, the Big Red Apple; the Luscious, Red-Cheeked First Love of the Farmer's Boy; the Healthful, Hearty Heart of the Darling Dumpling. What It Is; How to Grow It; Its Commercial and Economic Importance; How to Utilize It.

Apples

Thirty-three hundred three-bushel barrels were weighed. The average net
weight, barrel not included, was: Ben Davis, 134 pounds, or 44-2/3
pounds per bushel; Missouri Pippin, 136-2/3 pounds, or 45-5/9 pounds per
bushel; Winesap, 144-3/4 pounds, or 48-1/4 pounds per bushel. Apples
vary in weight in different seasons. Jonathans weighed in quantity three
seasons give 134, 136 and 140 pounds per barrel, averaging 45-5/9 pounds
per barrel. These weights are all net; they do not include the weight of
the barrel.


TIME OF BLOOMING IN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.

Observations taken through a period of eight years--1890 to 1897--show
the Jonathan, Missouri Pippin, Winesap and Ben Davis in full bloom on
April 25, 29, 30, 20, 22, 20, 22, 26.


SOME APPLE-PRODUCING STATES.

Quantity of apples grown in 1889 in states having more than Kansas,
taken from the United States census of 1890:

   1. Ohio            13,789,278  bus.
   2. Michigan        13,154,626   "
   3. Kentucky        10,679,389   "
   4. Illinois         9,600,785   "
   5. Indiana          8,784,038   "
   6. Missouri         8,698,170   "
   7. New York         8,493,846   "
   8. Virginia         8,391,425   "
   9. North Carolina   7,591,541   "
  10. Pennsylvania     7,552,710   "
  11. Tennessee        7,283,945   "
  12. Iowa             5,040,352   "
  13. West Virginia    4,439,978   "
  14. Kansas           3,713,019   "


AMERICAN APPLES ABROAD.

Furnished by Walter Wellhouse, through courtesy of Simons, Shuttleworth
& Co., Liverpool.

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The Apple: The Kansas Apple, the Big Red Apple; the Luscious, Red-Cheeked First Love of the Farmer's Boy; the Healthful, Hearty Heart of the Darling Dumpling. What It Is; How to Grow It; Its Commercial and Economic Importance; How to Utilize It.

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