2l8 THE AMERICAN PEACH ORCHARD 



Quantity and Value of Peaches Packed in Various States. 



State. 



Maryland 



Michigan 



Texas 



Utah 



United States . 

 California .... 



Ohio 



New York .... 

 New Jersey ... 

 All other States 



*A case is generally understood to hold 24 cans. 



In the statistics for 1904 "all other states" includes 

 Alabama, Arkansas, Delav^are, Illinois, Indiana, 

 Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, 

 Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, 

 and West Virginia, together with small lots in still 

 other states not named, amounting to 14,576 cases, 

 valued at $36,452. 



PEACHES FOR VINEGAR 



Waste peaches, those too poor or too ripe for 

 shipping or canning, or those partially decayed, may 

 be utilized by pressing out the juice and fermenting 

 it for vinegar or brandy. The United States bureau 

 of chemistry, reporting on this matter, shoves that 

 peaches contain sufficient fermentable sugar for use 

 as vinegar stock, and that they can be successfully 

 handled by machinery already in use for making ap- 

 ple cider and vinegar. Other points of interest are 

 as follows : First, but little variation was found in 

 the composition of the same variety of peaches 

 when obtained from different localities. Second, 

 the peach juices analyzed were found to be rich in 



