PEACH GROWING GEOGRAPHY 7 



veloped in Cullman County, Winston County, and 

 the northwestern portion of the state generally. 

 Mississippi has not gone so far as neighboring states 

 in modern commercial peach growing, though fruit 

 is produced successfully in many parts of the state, 

 particularly in the northeastern section. 



The principal peach-growing section of Ohio is 

 along the shores of Lake Erie, in the northern part 

 of the state. Kentucky peaches are produced mostly 

 in the eastern and western portions of the state. In 

 eastern Kentucky, there are many small spots along 

 the foot of the mountains where peaches grow very 

 successfully, although in the past the principal 

 orchards have been developed along the lower levels 

 in the western portions of the state. Tennessee also 

 has its thousands of acres of splendid peach land, 

 both along the foothills of the mountains of east 

 Tennessee and in the Cumberland Valley. The 

 localities where peaches are now mostly grown are 

 Bradley County, Rhea County, Hamilton County 

 and McMinn County. 



The peach-growing industry has been developed 

 for a great many years in Michigan, the bulk of the 

 crop coming from the shores of Lake Michigan and 

 southwestern counties. Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, 

 Grand Haven, South Haven and St. Joseph have 

 been generally known as peach markets. The prin- 

 cipal peach-growing regions of Indiana are in Wash- 

 ington County and the southern portion of the state. 

 In like manner Illinois grows most of its peaches in 

 the southern one-third of the state. 



Iowa is generally considered outside the peach 

 belt, but a few counties in the southern tier and 

 especially in the southwest corner of the state have 

 developed a considerable peach business. Missouri 

 is extremely varied in topography and thus presents 



