TnicMng Districts 



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state, and will do similar work for the different asso- 

 ciations in that line. It will probably ship over 500 

 cars tomatoes and at least 500 cars cantaloupes and 

 melons, also 500 to 600 cars Irish potatoes/' 



The foregoing figures and geographical data are 

 given only as illustrations of how widely scattered, far 

 removed and relatively small are the truck -gardening 

 centers which supply many of the great markets. It is 

 no part of the purpose to show all the centers, nor 

 necessarily even the most important ones. A complete 

 survey of the subject from that point of view would 

 require a volume. 



To facilitate statistical study, the Eleventh Census 

 divided the United States into twelve great sections or 

 districts : 



1. New England district: The field crops supplying Boston 

 and other New England cities, and the greenhouse products sup- 

 plying all the large cities of the east. 



2. New York and Philadelphia district : New York state, 

 Long Island, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, which contributes 

 largely to the New York and Philadelphia markets. 



3. Peninsular district : Delaware and the eastern shore 

 counties of Maryland and Virginia, which supplies all the north- 

 ern and some of the central west markets. 



4. Norfolk district: Eight southeastern counties of Virginia, 

 and eight northeastern counties of North Carolina, which largely 

 supplies northeastern and central western markets. 



5. Baltimore district: Western Maryland, West Virginia and 

 that part of Virginia not in the peninsular and Norfolk districts, 

 largely tributary to Baltimore, Washington and northern cities, 

 as well as local canning factories. 



6. South Atlantic district : North Carolina, South Carolina, 

 Georgia and Florida, supplying northern markets, east and west. 



7. Mississippi Valley district: Alabama, Mississippi, Louisi- 



