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a century ago. The 6382 acres in New York are scattered 

 over the state. Each of the leading counties — Erie, Ulster 

 and Monroe — has less than 600 acres. Highland and Mil- 

 ton, in Ulster County, and Angola in Erie County, lead in 

 carload shipments. The 4136 acres in Pennsylvania are 

 distributed among many counties. 



The largest centers of production in the East are found in 

 the Atlantic coastal plain, from southern New Jersey to 

 Florida. New Jersey has grown strawberries for the New 

 York market since 1830. This state had 8684 acres in 1910. 

 Cumberland, Burlington, Camden and Atlantic counties 

 have the largest acreage. Port Norris, Landesville, Moores- 

 town, Hammondton and Vineland are the most important 

 shipping points. The Delaware-Maryland peninsula is the 

 most highly specialized strawberry district in the world. 

 In 1910 there were 16,250 acres in a territory about ninety 

 miles long and forty miles wide extending from the lower 

 part of Kent County, Delaware, to the upper part of Ac- 

 comac County, Virginia. In 1914 this district shipped 2599 

 cars, or nearly one-sixth of all the carload shipments mar- 

 keted in the United States that year. The industry was 

 established on the peninsula about 1868. Sussex County, 

 Delaware, is the most important shipping county in the 

 country; it had 6404 acres in 1910. In one day, sixty- 

 three cars have been shipped from Bridgeville and forty-four 

 from Selbyville. Maryland is the premier state in straw- 

 berry acreage. About one-half of her 14,292 acres are on 

 the eastern shore, or peninsula. On the mainland, Anne 

 Arundel County, which has been growing strawberries for 

 Baltimore and Philadelphia since 1830, maintains leadership, 

 with 3937 acres in 1910. 



The Norfolk District, Virginia, has been prominent in 

 strawberry production since 1860. It comprises over 4000 

 acres, mainl}^ in Norfolk and Princess Anne counties. The 

 1914 movement was 629 cars. The important district in 

 North Carolina, centering at Mt. Tabor, Mt. Olive and 



