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and climate, is grown in only a small way and finds 

 its best conditions on the lighter silty and fine 

 sandy loam and gravelly loam soils, especially of 

 the Dunkirk series from Rochester westward fairly 

 near the Ontario shore, that is, within eight to ten 

 miles. 



In the production of quinces. New York leads in 

 total value with Ohio and Pennsylvania carrying a 

 similar acreage. There were nearly as many trees 

 below bearing age as of producing age in 1909, a 

 feature in which the State stood alone and indicating 

 the increase in planting. At that time the total 

 acreage was approximately 3000. The quince is un- 

 common outside the fruit belts but in the lakes region 

 and Hudson Valley it is grown with peculiar success 

 on the rich loam and fine sandy loam soils. 



The prominence of ISTew York in small-fruit pro- 

 duction is due to raspberries which equal in acreage 

 that of all other small-fruits. The first commercial 

 planting was in Yates County in 1885. Easpberries 

 grow best in the cooler regions, and among the north- 

 erly states New York leads in its production. The 

 growing of bush-fruits is restricted to the area adja- 

 cent to the larger cities or to localities easily acces- 

 sible to market. The raspberry is an exception and 

 is most extensively grown rather remote from large 

 cities, in a belt extending along the west side of 

 Seneca Lake and thence northward into Wayne 

 County. The three counties of Yates, Ontario and 

 Wayne have half the acreage. Here the fruit is bat- 

 ted off the bushes into large baskets and it is then 



