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instance, in Oakland County, in the southeastern part, and in Huron 

 County, in the east-central part. The latter county forms a penin- 

 sula between Saginaw Bay and Lake Huron, and thus is bordered 

 by large bodies of water except on the south. However, the com- 

 mercial peach interests outside the belt above defined are relatively 

 small. 



Va7''ieties.— While a considerable number of varieties are grown, 

 the bulk of the commercial crop is made up of a comparatively few^ 

 sort's, the principal ones being the following: Engle {Engle's Mam- 

 moth)^ Kalamazoo, New Prolific, Elberta, Gold Drop, Smock, and 

 Salwey. In the northern part of the Lake Michigan belt two early 

 sorts, the Triumph and St. John, are grown to a limited extent, while 

 the late varieties, such as the Smock and Salwey, are not so much 

 grown as farther south in the State. 



AVISCONSIN. 



Peaches are not grown in Wisconsin except possibly here and 

 there a tree in the southern part of the State. The winter conditions, 

 especially as to temperature, are too severe for successful peach 

 culture. 



WEST NORTH-CENTRAL STATES. 

 MINNESOTA. 



Distribution. — Peach growing from a practical standpoint may be 

 said not to exist in Minnesota. The Thirteenth Census reported only 

 1,571 trees of bearing age for the entire State. Of these, 334 (the 

 largest number in any one county) were in Hennepin County. This 

 county was also reported to have the largest number of bearing trees 

 of both apples and plums. 



Varieties.; — No recommendations as to varieties can be made. 



Distribution. — Peach growing is relatively unimportant in Iowa. 

 The few peachv3S that are produced are grown very largely in the 

 southern third of the State — that is. south of the latitude of Des 

 Moines. In this area small plantings are more or less widely dis- 

 tributed. Possibly the conditions in the extreme southeastern 

 cormties and in those in the southwest having loess soils are more 

 favorable for peaches than in other parts of the State. Formerly 

 peach trees were interplanted in some of the apple orchards in Fre- 

 mont County, possibly also in some other sections, but as the apple 

 trees have developed the peach trees have been removed. 



Varieties. — The Triumph, Greensboro, Carman, and Elberta occur 

 perhaps as frequently as any varieties. Seedlings are not uncommon 

 in some sections where budded varieties have proved very uncertain. 



