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Fig. 05. — The principal watermelon-producing districts are in the South, Georgia and 

 Texas having nearly one-third of the Nation's acreage. The most important districts 

 in Georgia center around Valdosta and Thomasville, and in Texas around Sulphur Springs. 

 Florida ranks next in importance, but the acreage is more scattered. There is an impor- 

 tant center in Barnwall and Hampton Counties, S. C, in Scotland County. N. C, and 

 a less dense acreage along l)Oth shores of Chesapeake Bay in Virginia and Maryland. 

 Dunklin and Scott Counties in southeastern Missouri are other important districts, also 

 Grady County, Okla., and Stanislaus and Los Angeles Counties, Calif. 



Fig. 56. — Green peas, like cabbages, are a cool-climate crop, but in pea production 

 Wisconsin is more important than New York, having, indeed, one-third of the Nation's 

 acreage. The Wisconsin districts include Columbia, Dodge, Green Lake, Sheboygan, 

 and Washington Counties in the southeast, Barron and Chippewa Counties in the north- 

 west, and Marinette and Oconto in the northeast. The New York district, which ranks 

 next in importance, extends from Buffalo to Utica. Eastern Maryland and Delaware 

 rank third in importance, followed by California (San Francisco Bay district) and 

 Michigan. A small acreage is found in southern New Jersey, and in the Salt La'ke 

 district and Jordan Valley of Utah. 



