26 BULLETIN" 806, U. S. DEPARTMEl!7^T OF AGRICULTURE. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



DistHbution. — Though peaches are widely distributed tliroughout 

 most parts of Mississippi, they are grown largely for home use or 

 local markets, the commercial interests being nearly negligible. A 

 few carloads are usually shipped each season from Jasper and Wayne 

 Counties, in the east south-central part of the State; from Union, 

 Prentiss, Pontotoc, and Lee Counties, in the northeastern part ; and 

 possibly in some seasons also from certain other sections. The total 

 commercial shij)inents in any year include but a small number of 

 carloads. 



Varieties. — ^Tlie Elberta is the principal variety. Other varieties 

 commonly grown in Alabama and Georgia also are grown to a 

 limited extent. 



WEST SOUTH-CENTRAL STATES. 

 AEKANSAS. 



DUtHhution. — By referring to the map (fig. 2) it will be seen 

 that the most extensive plantings occur in the western part of Arkan- 

 sas, gradually decreasing toward the center, with comparatively few 

 in the eastern part of the State. From a commercial standpoint the 

 largest interests are in Benton, Washington, Carroll, and Searcy 

 Counties, in the northwestern part of the State; in Crawford, Se- 

 bastian, Franklin, Johnson, Pope, Yell, Conway, and Faulkner 

 Counties, in the Arkansas River valley between Fort Smith and 

 Little Rock; and in Scott, Polk, Sevier, Howard, Pike, and Hemp- 

 stead Counties, in the western and southwestern parts. At present 

 the largest concentration of interests is probably in Pike County, 

 which is estimated to have 6,000 acres of Elberta peaches, and in 

 Howard County, with an estimate of 2,000 acres of the same variety. 



Varieties. — The Elberta so largely predominates that it practically 

 represents the peach industry throughout the State. North of the 

 Arkansas River a few Carman, Mamie Ross, Belle, and several other 

 varieties are grown, while south of the river the Early Wheeler {Red 

 Bird Cling) is planted more or less in addition to some of the other 

 minor varieties named above. In some of the more recent plantings 

 in different parts of the State the Early Elberta and Hale (J. H,) 

 are being tried. 



LOUISIANA. 



DistHhution. — Peach growing occupies an unimportant place in 

 Louisiana. While more or less generally distributed over the State, 

 peaches are produced, with few exceptions, only for home use. At a 

 small number of points in Bossier, Claiborne, Lincoln, and possibly 

 other parishes in the extreme northern part of the State small quan- 



