. Yearbook of agriculture . Fig. 57.—Sweet corn is primarily an eastern, middle-latitude crop, but it is extensivelygrown also in New York and New England, owing in large measure to the excellentquality produced, and the fact that it need not mature. Maryland ranks first in acre-age, followi d by New York, Iowa, Ohio. Illinois, and in close Jersey, relative to its area, has a large acreage. The acreage in these States isconcentrated in a few counties, as can be seen on the map. It is interesting to note thatalthough there is almost no corn gi-own for grain in Maine
. Yearbook of agriculture . Fig. 57.—Sweet corn is primarily an eastern, middle-latitude crop, but it is extensivelygrown also in New York and New England, owing in large measure to the excellentquality produced, and the fact that it need not mature. Maryland ranks first in acre-age, followi d by New York, Iowa, Ohio. Illinois, and in close Jersey, relative to its area, has a large acreage. The acreage in these States isconcentrated in a few counties, as can be seen on the map. It is interesting to note thatalthough there is almost no corn gi-own for grain in Maine or California (see Fig. 24),there is a considerable acreage of sweet £om In these Fig. oS.—Tomatoes are grown for sale in almost all parts of the United States,except in the Spring Wheat, Northern Great Plains and Arid Intcrmountain Plateauregions. The eastern Maryland, Delaware, and southern New .lersey districts includeover one-third of the Nations acreage, and the Los Ang„>:og g^< Vl^ 2 I- DZ Q Z (/) I-
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