wish to acknowledge at this time my obligation for the 

 courtesy. I hope that at some future time the information 

 brought together in this report may be available to the 

 fruit growers of the state. The answers which I received 

 furnish the basis for this paper- Nearly three hundred re- 

 plies were received, of which two hundred and fifty-three 

 gave information that could be utilized in this paper- 



Distribution of the Orchards Reported on in This 

 Survey . It is difficult to state in definite terms the 

 distribution of the orchards reported on in this survey, 

 for one county may lie partly in one region of the State 

 and partly in another. When classified according to the 

 geographical regions of the state we find the orchards fall- 

 ing into the following groups: 



The Piedmont and Blue Ridge regions embrane about 50$ 

 The Valley region embraces about 45$ 



The Middle Virginia region embraces about 4$ 



The Appalachian region embraces about 1$ 



Distribution of Orchards . - Distribution by counties 



of the orchards reported in this survey is shown below. 



Both the counties and the number of orchards reported from 



these counties are given. 



