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in which sand predominates. The varieties of fruits cultivated 

 here, and especially of the apple, are not very distinctive. The 

 limits of the northern and of southern sorts meet, giving a great 

 number of varieties for the district and making it difficult to 

 form a definite list. 



Hudson Valley. — This region lies on both sides of the Hudson 

 from Long Island to the valley of Lake George in Warren and 

 Washington counties. The varied topography and the several 

 geological formations giving different soils make it possible, and 

 probably desirable, to subdivide this district into several secondary 

 regions. But the district is considered as one in the horticultural 

 literature of the State; our data have been collected for the united 

 district ; and since it would complicate the work of making out 

 lists very greatly, subdivisions have not been made. 



The complexities of climate, topography and soil, however, must 

 be kept in mind in using the table of adaptations. Where the 

 .region touches the seashore, and for several miles inland, the list 

 prepared for Long Island will be applicable. In the northern part 

 of the region and the high altitudes the varieties recommended for 

 the Champlain valley should all thrive. 



St. Lawrence and Champlain valleys. — This region is the high 

 and rolling land tributary to Lake Champlain and the St. Law- 

 rence river and such parts of the Adirondacks as are adapted to 

 apple-growing. Three divisions could well be made of this dis- 

 trict; the two valleys could be kept distinct, each to include only 

 the area of lower land adjacent to the water; and the third to be 

 the high uplands which run back into the Adirondacks. We have 

 no data, however, which indicate that lists for the three districts 

 would differ greatly and we have therefore included them as one. 

 It is hardly necessary to say that only the hardiest varieties would 

 thrive in the high uplands and that in favored locations near the 

 water some of the more southern and more tender sorts could be 

 grown. 



Mohawk Valley. — The valley of the Mohawk from Oneida Lake 

 to the vallev of the Hudson is a district of indistinct boundaries 



