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satisfactory below the central portion of the state. 

 Rome Beauty is the leading sort in the southern part 

 and is most at home in the counties lying along the Ohio 

 river. Ben Davis is well adapted to the same section 

 also. The Willow Twig is very satisfactory along the 

 river in the eastern part of the state. Grimes Golden, 

 Jonathan, York Imperial, and Hubbardston are found to 

 be very satisfactory winter sorts in nearly all parts of 



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Areas of largest peach production. 

 fH| Areas of largest celery and onion production. 

 Ml Areas of largest grape production. 



1518. Ohio, to show horticultural regions. 



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 less marked degree on the adjacent islands 

 and peninsula. Athens, Muskingtmi and Coshocton 

 counties, in the southern and central parts of the state, 

 produce large quantities of this fruit also. There are 

 about half a dozen other counties in which peach cul- 

 ture is made a special feature of fruit-growing, but the 

 industry is not developed to the extent that it is in those 

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

 was nearly 2,000,000 bushels, 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 



of cherry orchards have been planted near Clyde, in 

 Sandusky county. Japan plums have not generally 

 proved reliable. Red June, Burbank and Chabot have 

 proved the most satisfactory of any. None are reliably 

 hardy. Of grapes, there are about 15,000 acres within 

 the state, nearly all of which are along the lake shore 

 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. 

 Concord, Worden, Dela- 

 ware and Catawba have 

 been 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 

 gooseberries, in the order named. 

 The demand for black raspberries 

 has fallen off considerably of late, 

 and the acreage has decreased in 

 consequence. Market-gardening is 

 carried 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 

 ^ ^ the same is 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 peas, except in a few cases. 

 Vegetable-growing under glass is practiced in or near 

 nearly all towns of a few thousand inhabitants. The 

 business has assumed very large proportions near To- 

 ledo, Cleveland and Ashtabula. In nearly all cases 

 greenhoiises 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 the 

 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 



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