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BULLETIN" 806, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Distribution. — For home and local use peaches are planted very 

 generally in the eastern half of Kansas. Very few are grown in the 

 western part of the State. There are a few commercial orchards, 

 located principally in the extreme northeastern corner of the State, 

 especially in Doniphan County, and at a few points along the 

 Arkansas Kiver in Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner, and Cowley Counties. 

 Isolated orchards of local importance are also found in a few coun- 

 ties in other parts of the State. 



Varieties. — While the Elberta probably predominates, a number 

 of the other widely planted varieties are grown, such as the Carman, 

 Minnie {Alton)., Champion Belle, and Hale (J. H.). 



SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES. 



DELAWAEE. 



Distribution. — Great changes have taken place in the status of the 

 peach industry in Delaware during the last 25 or 30 years. That 

 portion of the Chesapeake Peninsula which consists of Delaware 

 and the Eastern Shore counties of Maryland early became a famous 

 peach-producing region; in fact, it was one of the first regions in 

 the country in which peach growing became a great industry. 



Peach growing reached its zenith in New Castle County in the 

 late seventies. With the extension southward of peach yellows, the 

 center of the industry in Delaware reached the vicinity of Wyom- 

 ing, in Kent County, about 1880 to 1885, when probably the produc- 

 tion was greater than at any time since. Though considerable 

 change has occurred from decade to decade, the central part of Kent 

 County contains relatively large interests at present. It is probable 

 that they have increased somewhat since the Thirteenth Census was 

 compiled. 



The trend of the industry following the period of its greatest 

 development is indicated by the census figures presented in Table II. 



Table II. — Peach trees of hearing age in the (Ufferent counties of Delaware 



and in the entire State. 



Census of— ' 



Counties. 



Entire 



New Castle. 



Kent. 



Sussex. 



State. 



1890 



588,119 

 37, 689 

 58, 175 



2, 335, 740 

 824,4.30 

 596,069 



1,597,764 



1,579,531 



523, 158 



4,521,623 



1900 



2,441,650 



1910 



1,177,402 







Since the late seventies New Castle County, the northernmost 

 county in the State, has not been prominent for peach growing as 

 compared with Kent and Sussex Counties, and, as Table II shows. 



