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Chadboum, did not begin to ship in quantity until 1890. It 

 reached the crest of its development in 1906, when more 

 than 3000 cars were marketed. In 1910 the district included 

 about 5000 acres, of which 2548 and 966 were in Columbia 

 and Duplin counties, respectively. The 1914 movement 

 was 838 cars. Between 1871 and 1890, Charleston, South 

 Carolina, was a prominent shipping point, but it was forced 

 out of the market by the Florida and North Carolina dis- 

 tricts. South Carolina has one important district of more 

 recent development, in Horry County, centering at Loris 

 and Conway. This is an extension southward of the North 

 Carolina district. It shipped 128 cars in 1914. 



Florida has shipped small quantities of berries since 1878. 

 The acreage in 1910 was 1343, and the 1914 movement was 

 530 cars. The chief shipping points in northern Florida 

 are Lawtrey and Stark, which marketed 355 cars in 1914. 

 Plant City and Lakeland contributed most of the 152 cars 

 moved from southern Florida in 1914. This district comprises 

 Hillsboro and Polk counties ; it has developed since 1896. 



Mississippi Valley. 



The strawberry industry of Michigan began near Benton 

 Harbor and St. Joseph, Berrien County, in 1861. This 

 county has maintained prominence in this respect ; 2041 of 

 the 8051 acres in the state in 1910 were in Berrien County ; 

 it shipped 321 cars in 1914. Van Buren, Wayne and Allegan 

 counties each have over 400 acres. 



Between 1900 and 1910 the strawberry industry of Ohio de- 

 clined from 9373 acres to 4706 acres. Ohio now grows straw- 

 berries solely for its own markets ; only 15 cars were shipped 

 in 1914. Cuyahoga County, with 476 acres, has the largest 

 area. Southern Illinois has been supplying the Chicago 

 market since 1860. The state acreage was reduced from 

 7113 in 1900 to 5410 in 1910. Pulaski and Union counties 

 lead with 1267 and 573 acres respectively. The movement 

 from Illinois in 1914 was 268 cars. All but four of these 



