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have orip;inatcd many aj^ricultural practices that were at first received by 

 the public with criticisms, only to be enthusiastically adopted later, after 

 trial. He was the first man to recommend the winter shearinj^ of feeding 

 sheep and the close housing of milch cows and fattening animals in warm 

 stables. He was also the first in New York State to bring to the attention 

 of the public and to recommend the spraying of apple trees with poison 

 for the destruction of the codling moth, a practice that is now world-wide 

 and is the means of saving millions of dollars to the fruit grower every 

 year. 



It would be strange, in a county where fruit growing is so highly de- 

 veloped, if new varieties were not originated. Best known among the 

 varieties that have originated in Niagara County are the Niagara grape, 

 the Niagara peach, and the Pomeroy English walnut. 



The Niagara grape originated in 1872. The original vine still stands 

 on the grounds of the Odd Fellows' Home in Lockport. This grape has 

 proved more valuable than any other white American grape, and has 

 attained a popularity that has extended wherever grapes are known. 



The Niagara peach, well known among all peach growers of western 

 New York, was developed at Cor win Station, on the farm of the late 

 P. H. Corwin. In 1894 Mr. Corwin began propagating it as a new variety. 

 Under favorable conditions the fruit is large, and the variety is an im- 

 portant addition to the varieties of peaches for this region. 



The Pomeroy English walnut originated on the farm of the late Nomian 

 Pomeroy from nuts brought to him from Philadelphia in 1876. The 

 original trees still stand on the fann known as the English Walnut Fann, 

 west of Lockport. The trees have proved hardy and productive, and 

 stock raised from nuts grown on the original trees has been widely dis- 

 tributed for orchard and ornamental planting. 



TABLE 4. — The Rank of Niagar.\ County Among the Counties of New York 

 State in the Production of Important Crops, According to the Census of 

 1910 



Fruit trees, number 



Fruit produced, number of bushels. . . 



Peaches, number of bushels 



Pears, number of bushels 



Plums and prunes, number of bushels 



Quinces, number of bushels 



Cherries, number of bushels 



Apples, number of bushels 



Wheat, number of acres 



Wheat, number of bushels 



Com, number of bushels 



