22 BULLETIN 806, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
NORTH CAROLINA. 
Distribution.—The principal commercial peach-producing district 
of North Carolina at present is in what is commonly called the sand- 
hill region. From the peach-growing standpoint this refers pri- 
marily to Moore County, though in adjacent areas in Montgomery 
County, which borders Moore on the west, considerable quantities are 
produced. Candor, in the latter county, and Aberdeen, Southern 
Pines, and Eagle Springs are representative shipping statiens in 
Moore County. The peach industry is being extensively and rapidly 
increased in this district at present. 
A relatively small peach enterprise is located in the northwestern 
part of the State, centering about Mount Airy, in Surry County. 
Some tendency to establish peach orchards at some of the higher 
elevations in the western sections of the State is also reported. Again, 
in the southeastern part of North Carolina, at points in Duplin, Samp- 
son, Pender, Bladen, and Columbus Counties, rather extensive plant- 
ings have been made. Few of these, however, have as yet come into 
bearing. 
Great numbers of seedling peach trees are grown in the mountain 
regions, foothills, and adjacent areas in western North Carolina and 
adjoining States. The fruit of these is harvested and the seeds as- 
sembled for sale to nurserymen who plant them for the growing of 
stocks to be used in propagating peach trees. Western North Caro- 
lina thus supphes large quantities of the “ natural peach pits ” used 
by nurserymen. 
Varieties —The principal varieties are the Mayficwer, Victor, Alex- 
ander, Yellow Swan, Greensboro, Arp, Carman, Connet, Hiley, 
Belle, and Elberta, with the last-named variety largely predomi- 
nating. 
SOUTH CAROLINA. 
Distribution —Peach growing fer home use is widely distributed in 
South Carolina, as it is in most Seuthern States. Commercial inter- 
ests are located rather widely, but especially in Edgefield County 
along the Savannah River and in Saluda County. Orchards having 
a commercial status also are found in Calhoun, Richland, Kershaw, 
and Lancaster Counties. These counties occupy a strrp through the 
center of the State which extends from the western extremity of the 
sand-hill region to the eastern extremity of the Piedmont region. In 
the western part. orchards occur more or less in Greenville, Pickens, 
and Oconee Counties. 
Varieties —The Mayflower, Carman, Belle, and Elberta varieties 
comprise the bulk of the crop. 
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