PEACHES IN WESTERN NEW YORK 



E. II. ANDERSON, LOCKPORT, X. Y. 

 Farm Bureau Manager, Niagara County 



The peach section of western Xew 

 York is' confined to the northern part of 

 the counties of Xiagara, Orleans, Mon- 

 roe, and Wayne, extending back from the 

 shore of Lake Ontario only as far as the 

 ameliorating influence of the lake is felt. 

 This gives an area varying in width from 

 six to ten miles and nearly one hundred 

 miles long, in which the bulk of the 

 peaches are grown. 

 The United States Census of 1910 credits Xew York State 

 with the production of 1,176,483 bushels of peaches, of which 

 1,090,')T<S bushels were produced in the western Xew York sec- 

 tion. Since this Census was taken, many young orchards have 

 come into bearing, greatly increasing the production. 



FIG. 334. LOOKING NORTH FROM THE RIDGE ROAD IN NIAGARA COUNTY 

 (PEACH Rows NEARLY ONE MILE LONG) 



SOILS AND FERTILIZATION 



From surveys covering one hundred and sixty orchards taken 

 in Monroe and Xiagara counties, it was found that the majority 

 of the peach orchards are on loamy, sandy, or gravelly soils of the 



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