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 and is most at li-t • i ' • . ahm- i In^ ( il, h, 



river. Ben l):i\ : -aim- -.i'Ii.-m 



also. Tlie Will..« T.s,^: I- ■,,-. - ,; ■-r,M-.,.,y ul..,,^' lin- 

 river in tlie eastern [lart of the state, (iriines (Tolden, 

 Jonatlian,Yorl£ Imperial, and Hubbardston are found to 

 be very .satisfactory winter sorts in nearly all parts of 



Sgg Areas of largest peach prodnetion. 

 ^g Areas of largest celery and onion production 

 m Areas of largest grape production. 

 1518. Ohio, to show 



the state. Of early varieties, essentially the same .sorts 

 are grown in all sections. 



The conditions for successful peach culture are more 

 favorable along the shore of Lake Erie than any other 

 part of the state. Ottawa county is the center of peach 

 culture in this section, Catawba Island taking the lead. 

 In this locality the vineyards have been almost wholly 

 replaced by peach orchards. The same state of affairs 

 exists in a li'ss marked degree en the ail.jacent islands 

 and pfiiin-nln Atlnr;, ^Mii'jln'ii L'lirn anil Coshocton 

 count i I ;■, ■ ' . ;' 1 , , . ;., I , - ■ I : art.; of tho State, 



pro.he , ! I , . ,[m.. There are 



abo\it li :,:.;,;,,, ,:.. Ii ifh peach Cul- 



ture is iii.idi. .1 -,■'. ' lal ii a;uiij L'l unit growing, but the 

 industry is not devel"ped to the extent that it is in those 

 above named. In 1896 the total peach crop of the state 

 was nearly 2,000,000 biishels, and of this Athens, Mus- 

 kingum. Coshocton and Ottawa counties produced more 

 than one-fourth. Mountain Rose, Oldmixon, Elberta, 

 Smock, and Salway are the varieties most commonly 

 grown. 



There are no large areas of pear, plum and cherry 

 production in the state, although a considerable number 



and on the islands near Sandusky, Cuyahoga county 

 taking the lead with about 4,000 acres of vineyards. 

 Owing to low prices of 

 grapes, plantings have 

 been limited in recent 

 years, but not many vine- 

 yards have been de- 

 stroyed, except to give 

 place to peach orchards. 

 t:oncord, Worden, Dela- 

 ware and Catawba have 

 lieen planted more than 

 any others. 



Small fruits sufficient 

 for the home demand are 

 grown in nearly all sec- 

 tions, but the shipping 

 trade is less than form- 

 erly ; hence the acreage 

 devoted to these fruits 

 has fallen off in some lo- 

 calities. The total acre- 

 age has not fallen off, 

 but there has been an 

 increase rather, and the 

 cultivation of these 

 fruits has become more 

 general. In both area 

 and product strawberries 

 take the lead, followed 

 - — -by black raspberries, 

 blackberries, red rasp- 

 berries, currants and 

 t)erries, in the order named, 

 lemand for black raspberries 

 alien off considerably of late, 

 ho acreage has decreased in 

 quence. Market-gardening is 

 ■d on mostly to supply local 

 markets, but there are a few special- 

 ties which are grown on a large scale 

 in a number of localities. 



Early tomatoes and cucumbers are 

 grown in large quantities along the 

 Ohio river for northern markets, and 

 1 true, to a less extent, of 

 ^ melons. Large celery and onion 



^ farms exist in Hardin, Huron, Me- 



dian, Wayne, Cuyahoga, Summit and 

 Stark counties. Reclaimed swamps consisting of muck 

 are used for this purpose. In Ross county the grow- 

 ing of onion sets has become a large industry, the soil 

 in this case being alluvial. 



Several pickling establishments are in operation in 

 various parts of the state, and for these are grown 

 many thousands of acres of cucumbers and cabbage. 

 A number of canning factories are found within the 

 state, and these take the products of large areas of 

 tomatoes and sweet corn. Fruit is not used in the can- 

 neries very largely, nor are \>rn<, i-xr,-],l in a few cases. 



Vegetable-growing under u'la,^ i^ praaii 1 in or near 



nearly all towns of a few tlnaiaiMl inhaliiiants. The 

 business has assumed very iar-i iirupcii mns near To- 

 ledo, Cleveland and Ashtabuhu In nearly all cases 

 greenhouses of the best form of construction are used, 

 and are mostly heated by hot water. About Cincinnati, 

 hotbeds are more common than elsewhere. This is tho 

 center of radish production, but lettuce is the leading 

 crop in greenhouses. The houses are occupied with the 

 crop from September until May, and about the middle 

 of February tomatoes or cucumbers are planted in the 

 lettuce beds. These crops are in bearing during May 

 and June. Tomatoes and cucumbers are seldom grown 

 as winter crops, as lettuce is more profitable and more 

 easily grown in midwinter than either of the others. 

 Grand Rapids lettuce is grown almost exclusively. 

 Floricultural establishments are found in all parts of 



