UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 806 



Joint Contrlbntion from the Bureau of Plant Industry. WM . A. TAYLOR, Chief 



and the Bureau of Crop Estimates, L. M. ESTABROOK, Chief ^ 



Washington, D. C. December 8, 1919 



PEACHES: PRODUCTION ESTIMATES 



AND IMPORTANT COMMERCIAL 



DISTRICTS AND VARIETIES 



By 



H. P. GOULD, Bureau of Plant Industry, and 

 FRANK ANDREWS, Bureau of Crop Estimates 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Relative Importance and Extent of the Peach Industry 1 



Estimated Production of Peaches 2 



Outstanding Features of the Peach Industry • 9 



Important Commercial Districts and Varieties, by States .... 10 



New England States 10 



Middle Atlantic States 12 



East North-Central States . • ' . . . .14 



West North-Central States 16 



' South Atlantic States 18 



East South-Central States 24 



West South-Central States 26 



Mountain States 28 



Pacific States 31 



Index of States 35 



WASHINGTON 

 CJOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1919 



