22 BULLETIJSr 806, V. S. DEPAETMEFT OF AGRICULTURE. 



NORTH GAEOLINA. 



Distrihufion. — The principal commercial peach-producing district 

 of North Carolina at present is in what is commonly called the sand- 

 hill region. From the peach-growing standpoint this refers pri- 

 marily to Moore County, though in adjacent areas in Montgomery 

 County, which borders Moore on the west, considerable quantities are 

 produced. Candor, in the latter county, and Aberdeen, Southern 

 Pines, and Eagle Springs are representative shipping stations in 

 Moore County. The peach industry is being extensively and rapidly 

 increased in this district at present. 



A relatively small peach enterprise is located in the northwestern 

 part of the State, centering about Mount i^iry, in Surry County. 

 Some tendency to establish peach orchards at some of the higher 

 elevations in the western sections of the State is also reported. Again, 

 in the southeastern part of North Carolina, at points in Duplin, Samp- 

 son, Pender, Bladen, and Columbus Counties, rather extensive plant- 

 ings have been made. Few of these, however, have as yet come into 

 bearing. 



Great numbers of seedling peach trees are grown in the mountain 

 regions, foothills, and adjacent areas in western North Carolina and 

 adjoining States. The fruit of these is harvested and the seeds as- 

 sembled for sale to nurserymen who plant them for the growing of 

 stocks to be used in propagating peach trees. Western North Caro- 

 lina thus supplies large quantities of the " natural peach pits " used 

 by nurserymen. 



VaHeties. — The principal varieties are the Mayflower, Victor, Alex- 

 ander, Yellow Swan, Creensboro, Arp, Carman, Connet, Hiley, 

 Belle, and Elberta, with the last-named variety largely predomi- 

 nating. 



SOUTH CAEOLINA. 



Distribution. — Peach growing for home use is widely distributed in 

 South Carolina, as it is in most Southern States. Commercial inter- 

 ests are located rather widely, but especially in Edgefield County 

 along the Savannah River and in Saluda County. Orchards having 

 a commercial status also are found in Calhoun, Richland, Kershaw, 

 and Lancaster Counties. These counties occupy a strip through the 

 center of the State which extends from the western extremity of the 

 sand-hill region to the eastern extremity of the Piedmont region. In 

 the western part, orchards occur more or less in Greenville, Pickens, 

 and Oconee Counties. 



VaHeties. — The Mayflower, Carman, Belle, and Elberta varieties 

 comprise the bulk of the crop. 



