PEACH GROWING GEOGRAPHY 5 



may be found on careful and detailed study of the 

 map of any particular peach-growing state. 



Beginning on the northeast, with Massachusetts, 

 we find that the commercial development of peach 

 culture is confined almost wholly to the town of 

 Wilbraham and its immediate vicinity, in the south 

 central part of the state. In Connecticut, the prin- 

 cipal peach-growing regions are in the Connecticut 

 Valley, in New Haven and Hartford Counties, and 

 to some extent along Long Island Sound. The 

 towns which have received most notice are, South 

 Glastonbury, Wallingford, Middlefield and Durham. 



In New York state, the principal peach-growing 

 regions are along Lake Ontario, in Wayne, Monroe, 

 Orleans and Niagara Counties ; along Lake Erie ; in 

 the central lake regions along the shores of Lake 

 Cayuga, Lake Seneca, Lake Canandaigua, and Lake 

 Keuka ; and in the southeastern portion of the state, 

 especially in Ulster County. In New Jersey, 

 peaches are grown extensively and in most parts of 

 the state, and although the southern part has had 

 the reputation in the past of being the peach-growing 

 region, orchards are now being developed exten- 

 sively in the north central portion of the state, espe- 

 cially in Hunterdon County. 



The southern central portion of Pennsylvania sup- 

 plies the chief peach-growing section of that state, 

 including York, Adams, Franklin and Cumberland 

 Counties. The old peach-growing region of Mary- 

 land was along Chesapeake Bay, where, in fact, 

 peaches are still grown extensively, although there 

 is no part of the state where peaches do not succeed. 

 The recent successful commercial development has 

 been in the mountains of the western section, espe- 

 cially in Washington County. Delaware, being a 

 small and very uniform state in the very center of 



