36 
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 
GenesseeCo., Oct.: 

1 


Orleans Co., Sept.: 
3 




1 
2 



2 
1 

Holley 
4 
Monroe Co., Oct.: 
3 
2 
1 






4 
Orleans Co. total — 
Oswego Co., Sept.: 
3 
3 
3 
8 
Monroe Co. total 
5 
1 


32 


Niagara Co., Sept.-Oct.: 

3 
6 
9 

67 
28 

6 
12 
9 
1 
5 
3 
34 
20 
3 
3 
9 
6 


3 
2 

25 
20 

1 
5 
3 

3 
15 
10 
12 
64 
54 

12 
43 
14 

Burt 
Wayne Co., Oct.: 
Cambria 

6 
8 

5 

2 
2 

Elberta 

17 
Wayne Co. total 
Total loading for 
Model City 
14 
5 
4 
24 
194 
108 
66 
Sanborn 
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. 
