26 BULLETIN 806, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
MISSISSIPPI, 
Distribution.—Though peaches are widely distributed throughout 
most parts of Mississippi, they are grown largely for home use or 
local markets, the commercial interests being nearly negligible. A 
few carloads are usually shipped each season from Jasper and Wayne 
Counties, in the east south-central part of the State; from Union, 
Prentiss, Pontotoc, and Lee Counties, in the northeastern part: and 
possibly in some seasons also from certain other sections. The total 
commercial shipments in any year include but a small number of 
carloads. 
Varieties—The Elberta is the principal variety. Other varieties 
commonly grown in Alabama and Georgia also are grown to a 
limited extent. 
WEST SOUTH-CENTRAL STATES. 
ARKANSAS, 
Distribution——By referring to the map (fig. 2) it will be seen 
that the most extensive plantings occur in the western part of Arkan- 
sas, gradually decreasing toward the center, with comparatively few 
in the eastern part of the State. From a commercial standpoint the 
largest interests are in Benton, Washington, Carroll, and Searey 
Counties, in the nerthwestern part of the State; in Crawitord, Se- 
bastian, Franklin, Johnson, Pope, Yell, Conway, and Faulkner 
Counties, in the Arkansas River valley between Fort Smith and 
Little Rock; and in Scott, Polk, Sevier, Howard, Pike, and Hemp- 
stead Counties, in the western and southwestern parts. At present 
the largest concentration of interests is probably in Pike County, 
which is estimated to have 6,000 acres of Elberta peaches, and in 
Howard County, with an estimate of 2.000 acres of the same variety. 
Varieties —The Elberta so largely predominates that it practically 
represents the peach industry throughout the State. North of the 
Arkansas River a few Carman, Mamie Ross, Belle, and several other 
varieties are grown, while south of the river the Early Wheeler (ed 
Bird Cling) 1s planted more or less in addition to some of the other 
minor varieties named above. In some of the more recent plantings 
in different parts of the State the Early Elberta and Hale (J. H.) 
are being tried. 
LOUISIANA. 
Distribution—Peach growing occupies an unimportant place in 
Louisiana. While more or less generally distributed over the State, 
peaches are produced, with few exceptions, only for home use. Ata 
small number of points in Bossier, Claiborne, Lincoln, and possibly 
other parishes in the extreme northern part of the State small quan- 
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