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Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture^ 1921. 



Fig. 57. — Sweet corn is primarily an eastern, middle-latitude crop, but it is extensively 

 grown also in New York and New England, owing in large mea.sure to the excellent 

 quality produced, -and the fact that it need not mature. Maryland ranks first in acre- 

 age, followed by New York, Iowa, Ohio, Illinois, and Pennsylvania in close succession. 

 New Jersey, relative to it.s area, has a large acreage. The acreage in these States is 

 concentrated in a few counties, as can be seen on the map. It is interesting to note that 

 althougli there is almost no corn grown for grain in Maine or California (see Fig. 24), 

 there is a considerable acreage of sweet corn in these States. 



Fig. .58. — Tomatoes are grown for sale in almost all parts of the United States, 

 except in the Spring Wheat, Northern Great Plains and Arid Intermountain Plateau 

 regions. The eastern Maryland, Delaware, and southern New Jersey districts include 

 oyer one-third of the Nation's acreage, and the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay 

 districts in California about one-tenth. Virginia and Indiana rank next in importance, 

 followed by Florida, which produces most of the winter crop. Other important early- 

 tomato districts are located in Copiah County, Miss., and Cherokee County, Tex. Toma- 

 toes lead all the vegetables grown for sale in the United States (other than potatoes 

 and sweet potatoes), both in acreage and value. 



