24 BULLETIN 806, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGEICULTURE. 



FLORIDA. 



Distribution. — While peaches are grown more or less generally for 

 home use throughout much of the central highland portion of Florida, 

 the commercial production, measured in carloads, is rather small. 

 The fruit, however, is marketed early in the season, before shipments 

 begin from more northern points. The principal shipping points are 

 in the northeastern quarter of the State, in Putnam, Volusia, and Lake 

 Counties, and in closely adjoining areas in adjacent counties. Rep- 

 resentative shipping and production points are Crescent City, Edgar, 

 and McMeekin, in Putnam County ; Seville and De Land, in Volusia 

 County ; Umatilla, in Lake County; and Lake Geneva, in the southern 

 part of Clay County, which adjoins Putnam on the north. According 

 to the Thirteenth Census Marion and Alachua Counties, adjoining 

 Volusia and Putnam Counties on the west, contain large numbers of 

 bearing trees compared with most other counties in the State, but 

 no important centers of production are designated. 



Vaneties. — The varieties of commercial importance grown in 

 Florida are few in number. The Jewel is the leading sort, while the 

 Waldo, Angel, and a few others are grown to a limited extent. These 

 all belong to the Peen-to race. They are gTown little, if at all, out- 

 side of Florida. A few varieties of the South China or Honey race 

 are also grown in Florida, but probably no member of this race equals 

 in importance those, of the Peen-to race above named. 



EAST SOUTH-CENTRAL STATES. 

 KENTL'CKY. 



Distribution. — Doubtless the most important commercial peach 

 district in Kentucky is in the hilly section south and southeast of 

 Louisville, in Jeiierson and Bullitt Counties. Shepherdsville and 

 Brooks, in the latter county, are perhaps the largest shipping sta- 

 tions in this district at present. Bedford, in Thimble County, and 

 Bowling Green, in Warren County, are other relatively important 

 centers of production. These localities, except the latter, are in the 

 north-central part of the State, along the Ohio River. Certain other 

 counties bordering that river, such as Campbell, Kenton, and Hen- 

 derson, produce small quantities of peaches. They are also widely 

 grown in most other parts of the State, but generally not on a com- 

 mercial scale. 



Varieties. — The Elberta is the most prominent variety. The Car- 

 man, Belle, Champion, Globe, and a few others are grown in small 

 quantities. 



TENNESSEE. 



Distribution. — Commercial peach growing in Tennessee is a rela- 

 tively limited industry, yet many orchards of considerable commer- 

 cial importance are found in a large number of counties in different 



