. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BULLETIN No. 806 Joint Contribution from the Bureau of Plant In- dustry, WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief, and the Bureau of Crop Estimates, L. M. ESTABROOK, Chief. A'u^sfLru Washington, D. C. December 8,1919 PEACHES: PRODUCTION ESTIMATES AND IM- PORTANT COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS AND VARIETIES. By H. P. Gould, Bureau of Plant Industry, and Feank Andrews, Bureau of drop Estimates. CONTENTS. Page. Relative Importance and extent of the peach industry 1 Estimated production of peaches 2 Outstanding features of the peach ' industry 9 Import
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BULLETIN No. 806 Joint Contribution from the Bureau of Plant In- dustry, WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief, and the Bureau of Crop Estimates, L. M. ESTABROOK, Chief. A'u^sfLru Washington, D. C. December 8,1919 PEACHES: PRODUCTION ESTIMATES AND IM- PORTANT COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS AND VARIETIES. By H. P. Gould, Bureau of Plant Industry, and Feank Andrews, Bureau of drop Estimates. CONTENTS. Page. Relative Importance and extent of the peach industry 1 Estimated production of peaches 2 Outstanding features of the peach ' industry 9 Important commercial districts and varieties, hy States 10 New England States 10 Middle Atlantic States 12 East North-Central States 14 Page. Important commercial districts and varieties, by States—Continued, West North-Central States 16 South: Atlantic States 18 East South-Central States 24 West South-Central States 26 Mountain States 28 Pacfic States 31 Index of States 35 RELATIVE IMPORTANCE AND EXTENT OF THE PEACH INDUSTRY. The peach, though far below the apple,^ which greatly exceeds any other fruit in both acreage and crop value, is second with respect to these two standards of comparison. This is shown clearly in figure 1, which is based on the Thirteenth Census. While the last decade has witnessed some changes, it is doubtful whether those changes have affected materially the relative positions of the more important fruits. Nectarines are grouped with peaches in figure 1, but the total production of nectarines is so small as to be a negligible factor. The geographical distribution of peach trees is shown in figures 2 and 3, both of which are based on the Thirteenth Census. The census 1 See Gould, H. P., and Andrews, Frank, " Apples: Production Estimates and Important Commercial Districts and Varieties," Bui. 485, Dept. of Agr. 48 pp., 16 figs. 1917. This bulletin is obtained only from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, at a cost of 10 cent
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