UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



BULLETIN No. 806 



Joint Contribution from the Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry, WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief, and the Bureau 

 of Crop Estimates, L. M. ESTABROOK, Chief 



A'u^sfLru 



Washington, D. C. 



December 8, 1919 



PEACHES: PRODUCTION ESTIMATES AND IM- 

 PORTANT COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS AND 

 VARIETIES. 



By H. P. Gould, Bureau of Plant Industry, and Feank Andrews, Bureau of 



drop Estimates. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 Relative Importance and extent of 



the peach industry 1 



Estimated production of peaches 2 



Outstanding features of the peach 



' industry 9 



Important commercial districts and 



varieties, hy States 10 



New England States 10 



Middle Atlantic States 12 



East North-Central States 14 



Page. 



Important commercial districts and 

 varieties, by States — Continued, 



West North-Central States 16 



South: Atlantic States 18 



East South-Central States 24 



West South-Central States 26 



Mountain States 28 



Pacfic States 31 



Index of States 35 



RELATIVE IMPORTANCE AND EXTENT OF THE PEACH INDUSTRY. 



The peach, though far below the apple,^ which greatly exceeds any 

 other fruit in both acreage and crop value, is second with respect to 

 these two standards of comparison. This is shown clearly in figure 1, 

 which is based on the Thirteenth Census. While the last decade has 

 witnessed some changes, it is doubtful whether those changes have 

 affected materially the relative positions of the more important 

 fruits. Nectarines are grouped with peaches in figure 1, but the 

 total production of nectarines is so small as to be a negligible factor. 



The geographical distribution of peach trees is shown in figures 2 

 and 3, both of which are based on the Thirteenth Census. The census 



1 See Gould, H. P., and Andrews, Frank, " Apples : Production Estimates and Important 

 Commercial Districts and Varieties," Bui. 485, Dept. of Agr. 48 pp., 16 figs. 1917. This 

 bulletin is obtained only from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing 

 Office, at a cost of 10 cents. 



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