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Peach-Gromng 



While canning is of considerable importance commercially 

 in several states, California is far in the lead of any other in 

 the quantity handled in this way. Many " freestone " peaches 

 are canned, but by far the larger proportion of the output is 

 is made up of "clingstone" varieties, which in some sections 

 are planted especially for canning, as are certain sorts planted 

 for drying. 



Of the other states in which the canning of peaches is 

 an important factor in handling the crop, Maryland is 

 far in the lead, though falling much below California, as 

 is evident from Table II, which follows : ^ 



Table II. — Number of cases and value op canned peaches 

 IN THE United States and in certain individual states 



PACKED IN 1909 



In no state, aside from those named in Table II, were 

 there canned in the Census year as much as 8000 cases. 

 There is much variation from year to year in the quantity 

 canned in the different states. For instance, in contrast 

 to the figures above given, there were packed in California 

 in 1904 2 but 744,715 cases, while in Maryland 352,244 cases 

 were canned — more than four times as many as were 



1 Figures from Thirteenth Census (Crop year 1909). 



2 Bur. of the Census Bull. 61, Census of Manufactures, 1905. 



