Fortunes 

 Fruit 



in 



Valley always count on a 

 yield of 200 bushels per 

 acre, and records of 400 

 bushels per acre have been 

 made; potatoes are selling 

 this year for a dollar a 

 bushel. 



THE territory through 

 which the Lehigh Valley 

 Railroad passes is the prize 

 fruit belt of the East. The 

 apple orchards seldom fail to 

 bring a net return of $200 

 per acre. In the territory 

 around the Finger Lakes 



there are great orchards of peaches, plums and pears, yield- 

 ing an average net return of $300 per acre. This district is 

 also rich in vineyards, some of which run to three hundred 



FIELD OF 



YOKK STATE CAI:I- M.I-S 



acres in size. 



partly because of the natural conditions and partly because 

 of market facilities. New York leads the States in dairy 

 products, potatoes, hay, farm forests and other products, 

 and is one of the leading States in horticulture." 



Varied DROFESSOR L. H. Bailey says, in the Cyclopedia p" D. Voorhees, former director of the New Jersey New 



New York of American Agriculture: "Probably in no other State ' State Experiment Station, says: "The resources of Jersey s 



is the agriculture so varied as in New York. This is this State in soil, drainage, climate, season and average Riches 



