OHIO 



isfac-ti>ry Im-Icuv tlje ciTitrjil ]...rtion i.t the st: 



Jonathan, York Imperial, ami Hubliardsfoii are foiuul to 

 be very satisfactory winter sorts in nearly all parts of 



?!^:^ Areas of largest peach production. 



^^ Areas of largest eelei*y and onion production. 



HH Areas of largest grape production. 



1518. Ohio, to show horticultural reeions. 



the state. Of early varieties, essentially the same sorts 

 are grown in nil «pptioini. 



The ('iiiMiini.n- I.. I -ii'-i'pssful peach cultxire are more 

 favoralii. - r.- of Lake Erie than any other 

 part of 1 1 1 ■ ! I ' I ■. a county is the center of peach 

 culture in ihi- -mi.n, 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. I\Iuskingum and Coshocton 

 counties, in the s^uil,. m .imI . niral parts of the state, 

 produce large i|ii:ii,' i- . t 1 frait also. There are 

 about half a d"/M m - in which peach cul- 

 ture is made a .-.j .: :■:, 1 fruit-growing, but the 



industry is not cie\ eln|M .1 lu i,h< extent that it is in those 

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

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

 kingum, Coshocton and Ottawa counties prodnce<l more 

 than one-fourth. Mountain Rose, Oldmi.'ion, 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 



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of cherry orchards have been planted near Clyde, in 



San.Iu^ky t; .1,^1 111 I'luiii-; hare not generally 



jiroved r. Iiili'. :.■■ 1 ' ■ - r.iirliank and rliahot have 

 jiro\-.(l Uirni.. I ^ I, i.f aiiw Noie- are reliably 



haiilv. (il ^i,,, . . ,1,. I .11 al.uut 1.-.. (111(1 .-irres within 

 the state, nearlj all el ulurli are aluuj,' 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 

 i, in the erder named. 



Jlai 



irkets, but there are a few special- 

 hich are grown on a large scale 

 m 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, Hiiren, Me- 



dian, Wayne, Cuyahoi,'.(, Snmniit and 

 Stark counties. Reclaimed swamps consi^tin;; ef nnn-k 

 are used for this purpose. In Ross county the trn.w- 

 ing of onion sets has become a large industry, tlie .^oil 

 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 inh.abitants. The 

 business has assumed very large proportions near To- 

 ledo, Cleveland and Ashtabula. In nearly all cases 

 greenhouses of the Ipest form of oen.striiction are nsnd, 

 and are mostly heated liy Idt water. .\l...nt Cincinnati, 

 hotbeds are more coninien tlian el<e«li. r. . Thi^ i- (In- 

 center of radish prodtniien. Imt lettuce iv tlie hading 

 crop in greenhouses. The liuiises are nccii|,ied witlj tlie 

 crop from September until .May. ami alumt the middle 

 of February tomatoes or cucumbers are planted in the 

 lettuce beds. These crops are in bearing during May 

 ami .Tune. 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 



