peaches: prxODUcTiox estimates, etc. 11 



parts of that count}', as well as about Isle La Motto in Grand Isle 

 County. This location is on an inland in Lake Champlain. 



Varieties. — No definite sup^gestions concerning varieties are offered 

 aside from the obvious fact that only the hardiest sorts should be 

 selected,^ and even these are likely to pro^■e ver}' uncertain as to crop 

 production. 



irASSACHL'SETTS. 



Distribution. — Peaches are somewhat -^widely distributed in Massa- 

 chusetts, except perhaps in the western part of the State. The prin- 

 cipal areas of commercial production are within the more important 

 apple-growing districts. However, not many peaches are shipped 

 long distances even from the larger orchards, local markets absorb- 

 ing most of the fruit. The principal localities which admit of 

 definite designation as peach-producing centers are enumerated below. 



The largest production is probably in the central part of the State in 

 Worcester County, Warren in the southwestern part of the county, 

 Grafton in the southeastern, and Bolton in the east-central part being 

 community centers of some prominence. The Bolton section is 

 practically a part of the Littleton and Marlboro sections in the 

 western part of ISIiddlesex County, in which peaches are locally im- 

 IDortant. They are also grown more or less at other points in this 

 county and in Essex County, the northeasternmost coimty of the 

 State, centering in a general way in the locality of Haverhill and 

 West Newbury. Small orchards of local importance are found at 

 various points in all the other counties in the eastern and south- 

 eastern parts of the State. Farther west, Wilbraham in Hampden 

 County and Amherst in Hampshire County, with various other local 

 points, may also be included in the present inventory of small pro- 

 ducing centers. In some sections peaches were formerly interplanted 

 in apple orchards, but such iDeach interests have now largely gone 

 out as the apple trees have developed. 



Varieties. — ^The Greensboro, Carman, Champion, Belle, and El- 

 berta constitute the principal sorts grown. 



KHODE ISLAND. 



Distribution. — There are no special centers of peach production 

 in Ehode Island, but orchards planted for commercial purposes occur 

 more or less widely throughout the State, the larger orchards occur- 

 ring in Newport, Providence, Washington, and Bristol Counties, in 

 the order named. 



1 Concerning the relative hardiness of varieties, the New York Agricultural Experiment 

 Station (Circular 15, revised i states that the five varieties of peaches most hardy la 

 wood are the Crosby, Chili, Stevens, Gold Drop, and Elberta. The Crawfords are con- 

 sidered most tender in wood. The five varieties of peaches most hardy in bud are the 

 Crosby, Chili, Triumph, Gold Drop, and Stevens. The five most tender in bud are the 

 Early Crawford, Late Crawford, Chairs, Reeves, and Elberta. 



