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Section III. — East Central New York. — The country east of the 

 central New York lake region and north of the southern tier 

 of counties extending to the northern and eastern groups of 

 counties as named under sections I and II. It includes the 

 counties of Montgomery, Schoharie, Otsego, those portions of Her- 

 kimer and Oneida south of the Mohawk river, Madison, Che- 

 nango and Cortland. The reports indicate that no peaches are 

 grown in this section, except where a few are grown for home 

 use in some of the more favored localities. Fifty-five reports 

 on lowest temperature give an average of 29^° below zero. In 

 three places the thermometer fell to 40° below zero. 



Section lY. — West Central New TorTc. — The region extending 

 from the west line of Cortland and Madison counties westward 

 to Erie county, and lying between the southern tier of counties 

 and the counties which border Lake Ontario. It includes the 

 central New York lake region, and is composed of the following 

 counties: Onondaga, Cayuga south of the Seneca river, Tompkins, 

 Schuyler, Seneca, Ontario, Yates, northern Steuben, Livingston, 

 Wyoming and Genesee. In many parts of this section peaches 

 are grown on a commercial scale; probably the largest apricot 

 orchard east of the Rocky mountains is found in this section; 

 some very large orchards of plums, cherries, quinces and other 

 orchard fruits are found; grapes are grown extensively, as are 

 also the small fruits. On the higher lands, remote from the mod- 

 ifying influences of the lakes, the climate is more severe, and the 

 more tender fruits, such as peaches and apricots, are grown but 

 little if at all. The lowest temperature reported from this re- 

 gion was 38° below zero. This occurred in Onondaga county. 

 Fifty-five reports on lowest temperature gave an average of 23^° 

 below zero. 



Section V. — Counties Bordering Lakes Erie and Ontario. — This 

 includes the following counties: Northern Chautauqua, Erie, 

 Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Cayuga north of Seneca river, 

 and Oswego south of the Salmon river. In this region are found 

 the celebrated Chautauqua grape belt which borders the shore 

 of Lake Erie, and the peach districts of Niagara and adjacent 



