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BULLETIN 861, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



New Jersey, but because of the heavy competitive shipments from 

 the Central Lakes and the Chautauqua-Erie belt, the prevailing 

 shipping tendency is toward the East. 



THE ONTARIO SHORE OF NEW YORK. 



Location and Extent. 



The Ontario shore of New York, sometimes called the Niagara 

 district, both from the principal county and the principal variety 

 of this section, is relatively unimportant, when compared with the 

 Chautauqua-Erie belt and the Central Lakes district which lie near 

 it. The acreage of the whole section has lately been on the decline, 

 largely on account of severe winter injury. 



The general topographical features of this section are similar to 

 those of the Chautauqua-Erie belt. Although commercial ship- 

 ments are made from seven different counties, the industry is not 

 of great importance outside of Niagara County, where Lockport, 

 Model City, and Sanborn are the most important shipping points. 



Table 5 shows the loadings at the various stations throughout this 

 section, as reported to the Bureau of Markets by the various originat- 

 ing railroads. 



Table 5. — Carloadings of grapes in the Ontario shore district of New York. 





1916 



1917 



1918 



1919 





1916 



1917 



1918 



1919 



Genessee Co., Oct.: 







1 











Orleans Co., Sept.: 



3 

 

 

 





 1 

 2 

 





 

 2 

 1 











Holley 



4 





3 

 2 



1 

 





 





 













4 





Orleans Co. total 



Oswego Co., Sept.: 







3 



3 



3 



8 



Monroe Co. total — 



5 



1 











32 













Niagara Co., Sept.-Oct.: 

 Burt 





 3 



6 

 9 

 

 67 

 28 

 



12 

 9 



1 

 7 

 7 

 5 

 3 

 34 

 20 

 3 

 3 

 9 

 6 





 

 3 

 2 

 

 25 

 20 

 

 1 

 5 

 3 





 3 

 15 

 10 

 12 

 64 

 54 

 

 12 

 43 

 14 







Wayne Co., Oct.: 









 6 

 8 





 5 

 



2 

 2 

 















17 











Wayne Co. total 



Total loading for 







14 



5 



4 



24 









194 



108 



66 







259 













Niagara Co. total... 



140 



98 



59 



227 





The yield in this section is low because the Niagara, the chief 

 variety grown, is a light bearer. It is roughly estimated that about 

 80 per cent of the commercial acreage is planted to the Niagara, 10 

 per cent to the Concord, and that the remainder is composed of the 

 Worden, Moore, Delaware, and other less important varieties. 



