10 BULLETIlSr 806, XJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



IMPORTANT COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS AND VARIETIES, 



BY STATES. 



NEW ENGLAND STATES. 

 MAINE. 



Distribution. — It is substantially true that peaches are not grown 

 in Maine. This is primarily on account of the low winter tempera- 

 tures that normally occur. The shortness of the growing season is 

 also a factor. 



A very few small orchards have been planted in York County, in 

 the southern part of the State, one at least in Lincoln County, and 

 an occasional tree or two may be found in some parts of Cumberland, 

 Oxford, and possibly other counties. The crop, however, is very 

 uncertain. 



Varieties. — There is no generally recognized list of varieties for 

 this part of the country. The Triumph, Greensboro, Carman, Cham- 

 pion, Belle, Crosby, and possibly others have been planted. The 

 New York Agricultural Experiment Station in Circular 15 (revised) 

 names the Crosby, Chili, Elberta, Gold Drop, and Stevens as the 

 five varieties most hardy in wood of those grown in New York. 

 Four of these varieties, yviih the Triumph substituted for Elberta, 

 are also given ac the hardiest in bud. While hardiness in tree and 

 bud is an essential characteristic of a variety for the northern ex- 

 tremes of culture, some of the best experience available indicates 

 that varieties later than the Belle are not likely to mature in the 

 average season, and even varieties ripening with the Belle may some- 

 times fail to mature because of the shortness of the season. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



Distritution. — Small commercial peach interests have been de- 

 veloped in a few localities in the southern and southeastern parts of 

 New Hampshire. These interests center largely about Wilton in Hills- 

 borough County, about Derry in the southern part of Rockingham 

 County, and about Stratham and Greenland in the eastern part of 

 that county. A few trees are more or less widely distributed in other 

 sections of the southern part of the State, but mostly in gardens and 

 small home plantings. 



Vari.eties. — The varieties most commonly planted are the Greens- 

 boro, Carman, Mountain Eose, Champion, Early Crawford, Foster, 

 Belle, Elberta, Late Crawford, and Crosby. 



Distribution. — Peaches are not planted commercially in Vermont. 

 A few trees may be found in the southeastern part of Windham 

 County about Brattleboro, and an occasional tree is growing in other 



