24 BULLETIN 806, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
FLORIDA, 
Distribution—While peaches are grown more or less generally for 
home use throughout much of the central highland portion of Florida, 
the commercial production, measured in carloads, is rather small. 
The fruit, however, is marketed early in the season, before shipments 
begin from more northern points. The principal shipping points are 
in the northeastern quarter of the State, in Putnam, Volusia, and Lake 
Counties, and in closely adjoining areas in adjacent counties. Rep- 
resentative shipping and production points are Crescent City, Edgar, 
and McMeekin, in Putnam County; Seville and De Land, in Volusia 
County; Umatilla, in Lake County; and Lake Geneva, in the southern 
part of Clay County, which adjoins Putnam on thenorth. According 
to the Thirteenth Census Marion and Alachua Counties, adjoining 
Volusia and Putnam Counties on the west, contain large numbers of 
bearing trees compared with most other counties in the State, but 
no important centers of production are designated. 
Varieties—The varieties of commercial importance grown in 
Florida are few in number. The Jewel is the leading sort, while the 
Waldo, Angel, and a few others are grown to a limited extent. These 
all belong to the Peen-to race. They are grown little, if at all, out- 
side of Florida. A few varieties of the South China or Honey race 
are also grown in Florida, but probably no member of this race equals 
in importance those of the Peen-to race above named. 
EAST SOUTH-CENTRAL STATES. 
KENTUCKY. 
Distribution.—Doubtless the most important commercial peach 
district in Kentucky is in the hilly section south and southeast of 
Louisville, in Jefferson and Bullitt Counties. Shepherdsville and 
Brooks, in the latter county, are perhaps the largest shipping sta- 
tions in this district at present. Bedford, in Thimble County, and 
Bowling Green, in Warren County, are other relatively important 
centers of production. These localities, except the latter, are in the 
north-central part of the State, along the Ohio River. Certain other 
counties bordering that river, such as Campbell, Kenton, and Hen- 
derson, produce small quantities of peaches. They are also widely 
grown in most other parts of the State, but generally not on a com- _ 
mercial scale. 
Varieties —The Elberta is the most prominent variety. The Car- 
man, Belle, Champion, Globe, and a few others are grown in small 
quantities, 
TENNESSEE. 
Distribution—Commercial peach growing in Tennessee is a, rela- 
tively limited industry, yet many orchards of considerable commer- 
cial importance are found in a large number of counties in different 
