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It appears from this statement that the plan to secure corre- 

 spondents from every portion of the state was in a large meas- 

 ure successful. As the publication of the entire correspondence 

 would make this report too long, an attempt has been made 

 to present in the following pages a summary of the information 

 which was furnished by the Station's correspondents. We are 

 glad to avail ourselves of this opportunity to thank these corre- 

 spondents for their kind cooperation in carrying out the plan 

 of the inquiry. 



That different sections of the state may be more readily com- 

 pared with reference to the reports which have come from them, 

 several groups of counties will be considered separately. 



These sections have been set apart with the idea of combining, 

 so far as possible, the reports from regions which have a general 

 similarity of fruit interests or which offer somewhat similar 

 conditions for fruit culture. It is manifestly impossible to do 

 this except in a general way, for each of the sections comprises 

 a large territory, exhibiting great diversity of soil and consider- 

 able differences in the range of temperature and moisture in 

 soil and air. On account of nearness to large bodies of water, 

 or because they do not have a great elevation above the sea, 

 many places furnish especially favorable conditions for fruit 

 culture. Possibly other places but a few miles distant, at a 

 greater elevation or further removed from the modifying in- 

 fluence of bodies of water, may be much less favorably located 

 for fruit cultni'f. 



In the vai ions localities of each section there are also found 

 a great variety of soils and sub-soils, and a great diversity in 

 the combinations of soil and climatic conditions exists, so that 

 places which are but a few miles distant from each other may 

 differ widely in their adaptability to fruit growing. These things 

 should be kept in mind in considering the summarized reports 

 which are given on the following pages. 



Description op Sections. 

 The different sections may be described as follows: 

 Section 7. — Northern 'New York. — The region north of Rensse- 

 laer county, the Mohawk river to Rome and a line passing from 



