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and possibly should be divided into the Upper Mohawk and the 

 Lower Mohawk districts, in which case the Lower Mohawk could 

 include the Schoharie valley, where some fruits succeed remark- 

 ably well. A fruit list for the Lower Mohawk would include 

 sorts recommended for the Hudson valley. Hardiness is a prime 

 requisite for the Upper Mohawk, though some varieties can be| 

 grown which will not thrive in the district to the north, since the 

 season is somewhat longer. 



Eastern plateau. — The Catskills and the high plateau to the 

 west reaching to the basin of the Central Lakes form a very dis- 

 tinct region. The western boundary of this region cannot be 

 drawn with definiteness but the eastern boundary is well drawn, 

 being the highlands overlooking the Hudson Valley. This is an 

 agricultural rather than a pomological region and though the 

 apple succeeds remarkably well in some valleys, apple-growing is 

 not sufficiently well developed to furnish data for a very reliable 

 list. The varieties named are those which succeed well under 

 many conditions and especially in cold climates since so much of 

 this district is high and cold. 



Central Lakes. — The great basin in which lie the Central Lakes 

 is a region of very indefinite boundaries the fruit lands of which 

 lie for the most part in the lower and more level lands near the 

 lakes. A glance at the list of apples will give an idea of the im- 

 portance of this district in the apple industry. Unusually favor- 

 able conditions prevail in this and in the district to the north 

 ,for the growth of the apple, the two comprising what is known as 

 the Western New York apple belt — far famed for the quality 

 and quantity of the product. 



Ontario Shore. — This region is the plain along the shore of 

 Lake Ontario from the valley of the St. Lawrence to the Niagara 

 river, extending from the lake on the north a distance of several 

 miles inland to an escarpment of limestone in the neighborhood 

 of 600 feet in height. The plain is broken up by a series of 

 parallel hills — the drumlins of the geologists. It differs from 

 the preceding district chiefly in the matter of soils. Several dis- 



