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Varieties—The varieties principally grown are the widely dis- 
tributed sorts, the most prominent being the Carman, Hiley, Belle, 
Early Crawford, Oldmixon Free, Elberta, Late Crawford, Heath, 
Salwey, and Bilyeu (Comet). 
WEST VIRGINIA, 
Distribution.—While peaches. are grown locally more or less in 
inany places throughout West Virginia, the important commercial 
interests are located chiefiy in the counties that make the eastern pan- 
handle region of the State, including Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan, 
Hampshire, Mineral, Hardy, and Grant Counties. Of these, Mor- 
gan, Hampshire, and Mineral Counties are by far the most impor- 
tant from the standpoint of peach production. In comparison with 
them the peach interests in Jefferson and Berkeley Counties are 
rather small. The orchards in these two counties are somewhat 
widely distributed, however, being located with reference to the rail- 
roads that cross them in various directions. It is true, hkewise, 
that in the other counties named the locations of orchards have been 
determined largely by the transportation facilities, and accordingly 
they are less widely distributed than in Jefferson and Berkeley Coun- 
ties. In Morgan and Mineral Counties peach growing is confined to 
locations within a very few miles of the Potomac River, while in 
Hampshire, Hardy, and Grant Counties, which are traversed by the 
south branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the orchards occupy 
sites on the ridges of the mountains which characterize the topog- 
raphy and parallel with which the railroad is located. 
Peaches are also a commercial crop of limited proportions at points 
in the western part of the State along the Ohio River. Cabell and 
Wood Counties, in which are located, respectively, the cities of Hunt- 
ington and Parkersburg, are relatively important in that part of the 
State. 
Varieties —While much the same varieties are grown in West Vir- 
ginia as are produced in the peach-growing districts to the south- 
ward, the relative importance of different varieties is not the same 
as it is in most other districts. In most of the orchards in the 
Potomac River valley and adjacent sections the varieties have been 
selected and planted with a view to furnishing a fairly uniform 
end continuous supply of fruit throughout a long shipping season. 
It is important, therefore, from the producer’s standpoint to have 
the fruit ripening in a uniform sequence in order that the crews may 
be regularly and economically employed. The following varieties are 
the ones largely grown: Carman, Connet (Southern Early), Cham- 
pion, Hiley, Belle, Oldmixon Free, Elberta, Late Crawford, Stevens, 
Beers Smock, Heath, Salwey, and Bilyeu. 
