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counties, the raspberry districts of Wayne county, and the straw- 

 berry districts of Oswego county. Apples and other orchard 

 fruits are grown extensively, as are also various small fruits. 

 The lowest temperature reported from this section was 32° be- 

 low zero, which was recorded in two towns in Oswego county. 

 The average of forty-one reports is 20 2-5? below zero. 



Section VI. — Southern New York. — The southern tier of counties 

 from the west line of the state eastward to and including Del- 

 aware and Sullivan counties. It contains the counties of Sul- 

 livan, Delaware, Broome, Tioga, Chemung, Steuben south of 

 Bath and Hornellsville, Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua 

 south of the lake shore towns. In this section fruit growing 

 is not as important an industry as it is in the Hudson valley 

 and the central lake and great lake regions, where the altitude 

 above the sea is considerably less and where the climate is modi- 

 fied by adjacent bodies of water. According to the reports re- 

 ceived, peaches are not grown to any extent either for market or 

 for home use. Forty-two reports on lowest temperature give an 

 average of 22^° below zero. The lowest temperature reported 

 is 36° below zero, which occurred at Andover, Allegany county. 



Section YII. — ^Southeastern New York. — The region south of the 

 Fishkill mountains, including Long Island and Staten Island and 

 the counties of Orange, Rockland, Dutchess, Putnam and West- 

 chester. Peaches are grown for market to a considerable ex- 

 tent in many localities of this section. Very fine apples and 

 pears are produced, as well as grapes and small fruits. The 

 lowest temperature reported is 24° below zfero. This occurred 

 in the town of Woodhull, on Long island. Twenty-four reports 

 give an average lowest temperature of 13^° below zero. 



It is quite a difficult task to condense the information fur- 

 nished in the reports of our many correspondents so as to give 

 in a few words a satisfactory summary that may be used as a 

 basis for estimating the adaptability of any particular variety 

 to different sections of the state, or for comparing different 

 varieties with each other. An attem])t to do this has been made 



