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evaporated in dry houses. Tlie soils of interme- 

 diate texture are adapted for its production and in 

 this region the types are rather calcareous and he- 

 long to the Ontario and Dunkirk series. Whether 

 the climatic conditions are peculiarly suited to the 

 production of the fruit is not evident from the data 

 at hand. Deficiency in soil moisture is particularly 

 disastrous at the time of fruiting and there may be 

 a connection between this fact and the moist summer 

 climate that prevails in the Seneca Lake belt. 



In the production of the other kinds of bush- 

 fruits, jSTew York has no especial rank. Their pro- 

 duction has attained no large commercial importance. 

 Currants, blackberries and gooseberries are grown 

 with reasonable success and in amounts adequate to 

 meet the market demands. With the possible excep- 

 tion of currants, the center of best production would 

 appear to be in the states to the south of New York 

 so that the increase in the acreage for consumption 

 in the fresh condition beyond the normal growth of 

 regional population does not seem to be advisable. 

 In the Hudson Valley opposite Poughkeepsie and 

 from thence south to Newburg, small-fruits are in- 

 tensively grown and are largely shipped to New 

 York by boat. Small-fruits are an important group 

 in the lower Hudson region. 



Strawberries rank next to raspberries in impor- 

 tance among the small-fruits but have only about half 

 the acreage. Their distribution is fairly cosmopoli- 

 tan in tlie valley and lake plain regions of the State. 

 They are best grown on the silt and fine sandy loam 



