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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WEIGHT OF APPLES.

Thirty-three hundred three-bushel barrels were weighed. The average net weight, barrel not included, was: Ben Davis, 134 pounds, or 44²/₃ pounds per bushel; Missouri Pippin, 136²/₃ pounds, or 45⁵/₉ pounds per bushel; Winesap, 144³/₄ pounds, or 48¹/₄ 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 45⁵/₉ 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.

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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	"

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